(On the L side): The LOSE of a FaThEr IS MUSh * / BUT The LOZE OF a MOTher IS MOOR / BUT The LOSE OF ChrIST IS SUCh / AS NONe CAN RE STORE * (On the R): DONe IN MY AELEVe / NTh YeAr OF MY / Age The YeAr OF / OUR LOrd ONe ThOUSaNd 1815 / Margaret Arndt //

Maker

Arndt, Margaret (age 11)

Date made

1815

Origin

Lebanon, PA US

Stitches

Cross, Chain, Algerian eye, Satin, Stem, Outline, Buttonhole, Straight, Crosslet, Slanted Gobelin, Hem.

In Bolton & Co.

No Verse #488. 1700. Page 316.

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk & Cotton.

Predominent Motif

2 block alphabets: 26 letters: strange q and Q. Numbers 1-22. All rows separated by simple geometric cross bands. At the bottom an unfinished 2-story house, two baskets and an urn of flowers, on a ground of Straight stitches shaded like a Florentine pattern.

Inscription

(On the L side): The LOSE of a FaThEr IS MUSh * / BUT The LOZE OF a MOTher IS MOOR / BUT The LOSE OF ChrIST IS SUCh / AS NONe CAN RE STORE * (On the R): DONe IN MY AELEVe / NTh YeAr OF MY / Age The YeAr OF / OUR LOrd ONe ThOUSaNd 1815 / Margaret Arndt //

Length Without Frame

13"

Width Without Frame

11 1/2"

Original Frame

Unframed

Historical Owner

#T 16418 Gift of Mrs. M. R. Gaver.

Owner

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Owner Private

Smithsonian Institution