- Maker
- Feke, Sarah
- Date made
- 1762
- Origin
- RI US
- Stitches
- Satin, Crewel, Buttonhole, Stem, Cross, upright Gobeline, Slanted Gobeline, Basketweave.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: no J's or U's, with ampersands. Vowels: aeiouy. Numbers 1-9. Various cross bands. Tulips, quail and various flower motifs. Name in wreath at bottom. Hemstitched inner and outer border.
- Inscription
- Sarah Feke / YeSterdaYs Past to morows not thine / to day thy life to vertvovs acts incline / delight in virtve vice beSvre to Shvn / SheS haPPY that a vertoovs race doth run / love thou the lord and he will be / a tender fa ther vnto the / sarah / feke / Rhodisland / may 11 / 1762 //
- Original Frame
- Yes
- Historical Owner
- Gift of Ellen Townsend
- Owner
- Redwood Library & Athenaeum, Newport, RI
- Owner Private
- Redwood Library & Athenaeum
