- Maker
- Spears, Rachel Frances
- Date made
- 1857
- Origin
- Rogersville, TN US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Rice, Queen.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 6 alphabets: 2 lower case are complete, the others done on a line until no space left to continue. Various stitched lines. A few small motifs. At the bottom a two story building with an ell on each side, three chimneys. A green lawn with geometric flowers and trees. Reversing arcaded strawberry border up both sides and across the top. (Note: building is the Odd Fellows' Female Collegiate Institute (Rogersville Synodical College) //
- Inscription
- Oh how I love at such an hour / To gaze and long to fly away / To some fair and happy bower / Where roses bloom and muses stay //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 17"
- Historical Owner
- Stitched by owner's Great-Great-Great Aunt.
- Owner
- Elizabeth Webster
- Owner Private
- Elizabeth Webster
- Name of School
- Odd Fellows Female Collegiate Institute (Rogersville Synodical College)
