- Maker
- Thompson,Mary
- Date made
- 1824
- Origin
- Palmyra, NJ US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Four verses done in a saw tooth rectangle with a large rose spray in the center with smaller tulip and carnation sprays on either side with very small baskets of flowers below. Near the bottom two birds sit facing each other with a small flower spray between them. Arcaded strawberry border across the bottom and up both sides with an arcaded flower border across the top.
- Inscription
- (On L top): Look gently down almighty grace / Prison me round to thy embrace / Pitty the heart that would be thine / And let thy power my love confine / (On R top): Let pure devotion warm my heart / With grattitude and love / For thou each blessing dost impart / And canst each passion move / (On L near bottom): O may I heavenly treasure find / And choose the better part / Give me a humble pious mind / A meek and lowly heart. (On R near bottom): My soul with sacred ardour fir'd / The glorious prize pursues / And meet with joy the high command / To bid this earth adieu. / (At bottom): William & Margaret / Thompson / Mary Thompson's Work / Palmyra School November 1824 / IT HT THT / ET WmT CT /
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #CH1989.7
- Owner
- New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
- Owner Private
- New Jersey State Museum
- Name of School
- Palmyra School, Palmyra, NJ
