- Maker
- Odell, Ruth Perley
- Date made
- ca. 1810
- Origin
- MA US
- Stitches
- Satin, Flat, Boullion, Couched.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A woman in a long dress holding a book in her L hand rests her head in her R hand at a large tomb with an urn on top. A large weeping willow tree on the L dominates the scene. In the back ground on the R is a house with trees. In the foreground is a small pond with three ducks swimming.
- Inscription
- Sacred to the / Memory of Hannah Perley / Wife of Amos Perley who died / Aug. 14, 1809 aged 41. / Thou rest in peace, Thou lovely maid. //
- Historical Owner
- Inherited
- Owner
- Private collector
- Owner Private
- Mary Hammond Norton