- Maker
- Hollister, Prudence Maria (age 12)
- Date made
- 1840
- Origin
- Glastonbury, CT US
- Stitches
- Cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each complete, 2 with some double letters. One ampersand. Numbers 1-16. Simple stitched lines. Crown motif. Large house with 2 chimneys at bottom set on a green lawn. Three large trees. Arcaded strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Prudence Maria Hollister was born March 31st 1828 and marked / this at Miss Cornwalls School in Glastenbury July 1840 ///
- Length Without Frame
- 14"
- Width Without Frame
- 14"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1979.68.255 Bequest of Martha R. Lambert
- Owner
- Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
- Owner Private
- Connecticut Historical Society
- Name of School
- Miss Cornwalls School, Glastenbury, CT
