- Maker
- Miles, Sarah
- Date made
- 1800-1825
- Origin
- Newbury, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Eyelet.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: uppercase block complete. Simple stitched lines. Across the top a row of small flower motifs with a center tree. Near the bottom R a basket of flowers. At the bottom three two story houses, two trees, a girl in a white dress, a duck, a bird.
- Inscription
- May I govern my passion / with absolute sway / And grow wiser and better as / life wears away. / S A R A H / M I L E S //
- Historical Owner
- #2025 Gift of Glen Tilley Morse
- Owner
- Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA
- Owner Private
- Historical Society of Old Newbury
