- Maker
- Garton, Lydia Ann (age 10)
- Date made
- 1820
- Origin
- NJ (?) US
- Stitches
- Cross, Crosslet, Queen, Stem, Satin, Herringbone, Eyelet, Rice, Tent, Four-sided, Outline, Padded Satin, Irish, Pulled Thread.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Cotton
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: 26 letters, Q and q, both long and short S. Numbers 1-14. Two rows of initials. Simple cross bands. Included in them are an apple worked in Pulled Thread and a patch of shaded Florentine stitch and separated from the inscription by a geometric strawberry cross band. Two baskets of flowers.
- Inscription
- MG * JG * CG * LAG * / RG * AG * WCG * JG * / O blest Religion heavenly fair / Thy kind * thy healing power * / Can sweetan Pain * alleviate care / And gild each gloomy hour. / Lydia Ann Garton was Born / April 4th AD 1811 Did this Work / in the 10th Year of her age AD 1820 //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 3/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #TE*T13433 Purchased in 1964.
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution