- Maker
- Easterbrook, Mary (age 11)
- Date made
- 1807
- Origin
- Swanzey, NH US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk,Linen
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: #2 missing the J and U, #3 ends with E, #5 has both the long and short S. Numbers 1-(1)0. Various stitched lines, one reversing arcaded diamond band at the bottom.
- Inscription
- MARY EASTERBROOKS IS MY NAME / AND ENGLISH IS MY NATION M E / SWANSEY IS MY DWELLING PLACE / AND CHRIST IS MY SALVATION / THIS NEEDLE WORK OF MINE CAN TELL / WHEN I WAS YOUNG WAS LEARNED WELL / AND BY MY PARETS I WAS TAUGHT / NO TO SPEND MY TIME FOR NOUGHT / Mary Easterbrooks was born in swanzey / August the seventh in the Year of our lord one / Thousand eight hundred and seven * this needle / Work wrought in the eleventh Year of her age / AD 1817 * Taught by sarah mason * //
- Length Without Frame
- 19 1/4"
- Length With Frame
- 21"
- Width Without Frame
- 15"
- Wdith With Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Historical Owner
- #79.80.2 Gift of Mrs. William P. Hacker 1979
- Owner
- Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
- Owner Private
- Allentown Art Museum