- Maker
- Mead, Mary
- Date made
- 1818
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Crosslet.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: uppercase script missing J and Z. Two partial block alphabets. All rows are separated by simple cross bands. No border.
- Inscription
- Mary Mead 1818 / (At the bottom): H E M L A J G K D //
- Length Without Frame
- 10 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 7"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #T 12860 Gift of Miss Betty Helfert.
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution
