- Maker
- Alden, Cynthia (age 18)
- Date made
- 1802
- Origin
- Claremont, MA US
- Stitches
- Cat. Cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 121 Verse 40, 247
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets. Numbers 1-9. Simple stitched lines. Cross bands at bottom. Hemstitched all four sides.
- Inscription
- Next unto God dear parents I address / My self to you in humble thankfulness / For all your care and charge on me bestowd / The means of learning unto me allowd / Go on I pray and let me still pursue / the golden art the vulgar never knew. / The eye Findeth / The heart chooseth / the hand blindeth / And death looseth. 1802 / Claremont May 26 / CYNTHIA ALDEN born August 10 1784 //
- Length Without Frame
- 14 3/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 5/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #57.122.36 Bequest of Mabel Herbert Harper
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 121 Verse 40 & 247
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
