- Maker
- Stevens, Harriet B. (age 10)
- Date made
- 1819
- Origin
- Marlborough, MA (?) US
- Stitches
- Cross,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Cotton
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk & Cotton
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: uppercase script missing J. Numbers 1-(1)0. Narrow cross bands. Greek key border all four sides with inner and outer hemstitch border.
- Inscription
- Our needful knowledge, like our needful food, / Unhedg'd lies open in life's common fields; / And bids all welcome to the vital feast / Wrought by Harriet B. Stevens, In the / year of our LORD 1 8 1 9 Aged 10 years //
- Historical Owner
- #1940.27.4
- Owner
- New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
