Doyle, Margaret (age 10)

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Maker
Doyle, Margaret (age 10)
Date made
1806
Origin
US
Stitches
Eyelet, Cross
In Bolton & Co.
Yes Page 150 Verse 694
Foundation Cloth
Linen
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
Strawberry border at top and bottom, wide border at sides of corn flowers and other flowers. Inside border of fine green vine with little dots. Below verse a band of strawberries held by little birds. Diamond border around verse. Wreath of strawberries around name and age flanked on each side by pots of flowers.
Inscription
Oh may our follies like the falling trees / Be stripped ev'ry leaf by autumn's wind / May ev'ry branch of vice embrace the breeze / And nothing leave but virtue's fruit behind / Then when old age life's winter shall appear / In conscious hope all future ills we'll brave / With fortitud our disillusion bear / And sink forgotten in the silent grave. / Margaret Doyle
Length With Frame
19'
Wdith With Frame
23"
Historical Owner
#1997.7.139 Martha Clawson Reed Collection
Bolton & Co. Page
150 Verse #694
Owner
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Owner Private
Vassar College Loeb Art Center