- Maker
- Mead, Sarah
- Date made
- 1797
- Origin
- US?
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: #4 with double letters up to U. Numbers 1-35 plus others. Various stitched lines. A large two story house in the center with two chimneys, a green lawn at the front door, a large tree on each side with smaller trees also on both sides. Above the name a row of small trees, squirrels(?) and flowers. Border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (Note: uses both the long and the short style S): A Word fitly spoken is like Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver / Sarah Mead her Work Aug 21 1797 //
- Length Without Frame
- 13"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 1/2"
- Owner
- Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA
- Owner Private
- Historical Society of Old Newbury
