- Maker
- Chaffee, Sally Precinda (age 11)
- Date made
- 1849
- Origin
- Berkshire, VT US
- Stitches
- Cross, Tent.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Perforated paper
- Embroidery Thread
- Cotton & wool
- Predominent Motif
- 2 block alphabets: 26 letters. Numbers 1-8. All rows separated by simple cross bands. At the bottom: a book, a house, a tree, a very large bird. Geometric border all 4 sides.
- Inscription
- Sally Precinda Chaffee * 1849 / 11 Years * of * Age * //
- Length Without Frame
- 7 7/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 10 1/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #T 9688 Gift of Mrs. Grace Chaffee Smith
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
