- Maker
- Baker, Sally (age 12)
- Date made
- 1804
- Origin
- Unknown
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse #609 (1 & 2). 17---. Page 332.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: uppercase script missing J. Numbers 1-10. Simple stitched lines. A basket of flowers on both R and L sides at the bottom with two facing birds in the center. Four borders including one of strawberries and one of diamonds, all four sides.
- Inscription
- Sally Baker's work / 1804 aged 12. / Virtue's the chiefest beauty of the mind / The noblest ornament of human kind / Virtue's our safe guard & our guiding star / That stirs up reason when our senses err //
- Length Without Frame
- 11 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 8 1/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #0016 Photo by M.S. Frazier
- Owner
- Dedham Historical Society, Dedham, MA
- Owner Private
- Dedham Historical Society
