- Maker
- Fitch, Elizabeth M. (age 9)
- Date made
- 1718
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross,
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 45
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: #4 lowercase missing the J. Narrow stitched lines and one diamond cross band. At the top in rows: three birds, two small baskets, three large baskets, a small tree motif on each side. Arcaded strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (Near alphabet #1 on L): God love the child (On R): Whose words are mild / (At the bottom L); Our Father which art in / heaven Hallowed be / thy name thy kingdom / come thy will be done / on earth , as it is in hea * ven. / Give us this day our daily / bread. And forgive our tres- / passes as we forgive those / that trespass against us. (On the R): And lead us not into tem / tation but deliver us from / evil, for thine is the kingdom, / and the power, and the / Glory, forever. Amen / Remember now thy creator / In the days of thy youth, Follow virtue and she will / Guide you to happiness. // (In a square at the center bottom): Honor thy Mother / For her Arms / Secur'd thee from / A thousand harms / Executed by Elizabeth M. / Fitch Ag d 9 years 1718 //
- Length Without Frame
- 21.5"
- Width Without Frame
- 21"
- Historical Owner
- Gift to the Parsons family by Elizabeth Hamilton in 1916
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 45
- Owner
- Livingston Parsons III
- Owner Private
- Livingston Parsons III
