(On the L): These violets scent the distant gale; / They grew in lowly bed, / So real worth new merit gains, / By diffidence o'erspread; / (On the R): But as the fragrant myrtle wreath, / Will all the rest survive; / So shall the mental graces still, Through endless ages live. / Jane Winter Price //

Maker

Price, Jane Winter

Date made

ca. 1835

Origin

Charles County, MD US

Stitches

Chain, Stem, Surface Satin, Cross, Outline, Herringbone, Crosslet, French Knot.

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

A footed bowl on a square base, holding a large bouquet of flowers. One flower has been shaded with dark red and orange-red paint over the stitches.

Inscription

(On the L): These violets scent the distant gale; / They grew in lowly bed, / So real worth new merit gains, / By diffidence o'erspread; / (On the R): But as the fragrant myrtle wreath, / Will all the rest survive; / So shall the mental graces still, Through endless ages live. / Jane Winter Price //

Length Without Frame

17 1/8"

Width Without Frame

16 7/8"

Original Frame

Unframed

Historical Owner

#TE*T12732 Gift of Miss G. Ruth McHenry

Owner

Private collector

Owner Private

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History