- Maker
- Green, Ruth
- Date made
- ca. 1815-1825
- Origin
- Hartford, CT US
- Stitches
- Satin, Bullion, French knots.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk, Chenille.
- Predominent Motif
- A woman in an Empire style dress wearing a gold foil crown, hold her arms out to a child in a white dress who is being lifted out of a basket by another woman while another holds a parasol over her head and a child holds the train of her dress. In the background an additional woman hides behind a willow tree. The L foreground has large brown & green leaves, a formation is attributed to the Patten School in Hartford (see Girlhood Embroidery by Betty Ring p. 207)
- Inscription
- R. GREEN AND SHE HAD COMPASSION ON HIM EXOD. CH. 2. V. 6. //
- Length Without Frame
- 22 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 25 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1921.5.0 Gift of Mrs. Caroline T. Jones
- Owner
- Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
- Owner Private
- Connecticut Historical Society
- Name of School
- Patten School, Hartford, CT
