- Maker
- Thorpe, Sarah
- Date made
- 1792
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A verse stitched in a flower and leaf bordered oval. A bow at center bottom. Several cross bands including one with crowns, another with flowers and others.
- Inscription
- (Note: uses the long style S): YE proud, ye selfish, ye severe, how vain your mask of state / The good alone have joy sincere, the good alone are great. / On CHRISTMAS Day / (On L): WHAT Words, what Voices can we bring / Which Way our Accents raise / To welcome the mysterious King, / And sing a Saviour's Pride, (On R): O 'tis too little all we can, / For this unbounded Love, / All that was ever wrote by Man, / Or sung in Hymns above / (Belaw): Virtue's the chiefest Beauty of the Mind, The noblest Ornament of Human kind. / Sarah Thorpe 1792 // (Note: from The Universal Spelling Book; Or, a New and Easy Guide to the English Language 1778). //
- Length Without Frame
- 31.75 cm
- Width Without Frame
- 48.25 cm
- Historical Owner
- Purchased
- Owner
- Private collector
- Owner Private
- Laurel Gabel