- Maker
- Unknown
- Date made
- early 1800's
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: 2 complete. 4 done in a center rectangle and one done in a rectangle at center bottom where name might have been entered. At center two a large bouquet of flowers and at center bottom a floral spray. An urn at both L and R bottom corners from which a meandering floral vine flows. A flower spray in upper R and L corners.
- Inscription
- My heart exults, while to the attentive eyes / The curious needle spreads the enamell?d dyes, / While varying shades the pleasing task beguile, / My friends approve me, and my parents smile //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Length With Frame
- 19 3/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 21 1/4"
- Wdith With Frame
- 23 1/8"
- Owner
- Phillips Museum, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
- Owner Private
- Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College