- Maker
- Hart, Phebe
- Date made
- early 1800's
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 uppercase alphabet: 26 letters. Stitched lines. Near the top 4 birds, an eight pointed star. Wide reversing arcaded strawberry border up both sides and across the top and a double saw tooth border across the bottom.
- Inscription
- Phebe Daughter of Asa / and Rebeckah Hart who / finish her work June the 7 18 (??) / When I am ded laid in my grave / and all my bones are rotten when / this you see remember me least i / should be forgotten Phebe hart //
- Length Without Frame
- 8 11/16"
- Width Without Frame
- 9 1/16"
- Historical Owner
- #50.4007 Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore & Miss Mary Magoun Brown in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown.
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts
