- Maker
- Young, Lavinia Ham (age 8)
- Date made
- 1824
- Origin
- Portsmouth, NH US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Stem,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 8 alphabets: 5 with 26 letters, 3 incomplete. Numbers 1-9 and 1-20. Various wide and narrow cross bands. A basket of flowers and a flower spray on both sides at the bottom. Reversing arcaded border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Oh may virtue afford you protection / ??? your precepts and guide you in he ath / May your heart be the ??/ of no ?????? / To embitter in age or to sully in youth / Lavinia Ham Young / Aged 8 Years / Portsmouth April 14th 1824 //
- Length Without Frame
- 20.5"
- Width Without Frame
- 15 3/4"
- Historical Owner
- DSC.0366
- Owner
- Private collector
- Owner Private
- Ellisa R. Arbogast
