Ballinger, Rebecca

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Maker
Ballinger, Rebecca
Date made
1830
Origin
Ohio US
Stitches
Cross, Algerian eye, Satin, Rice, Irish, Queen's Crosslet, Long-armed cross, Gobelin.
In Bolton & Co.
No Verse #503. 1779. Page 318.
Foundation Cloth
Linen
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
3 alphabets: all missing the J, lowercase with long style S. Numbers 1-9. Saw tooth & Irish stitch cross bands. A basket and two large diamonds in the lower half. Two large trees birds perched at the top. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all 4 sides.
Inscription
(On the L): Rebecca Ballinger 1830 / WB LB / WP EP NU CU / WB EB / SB MB / LP *** LU / (On the R): WB CB / JS ES / In thy fair book of life divine / My, god, incribe (sic) my name / There, let it fill some humble place / Beneath the slaughter'd Lamb / Rebecca Ballinger //
Length Without Frame
17"
Width Without Frame
23"
Original Frame
Unframed
Historical Owner
#1989.0343.12 Gift of Elizabeth G. Cooke.
Owner
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Owner Private
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History