- Maker
- Thompson, Sarah
- Date made
- ca 1780
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each with 26 letters, one ampersand. At the bottom a center tree with geometric style flowers on both sides, a small black dog on the L. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all four sides with flowers in each of the four corners.
- Inscription
- Sarah Thompson / Death Like an overflowing stream / Sweeps us away our life a dream / An empty tale a morning flower / Cut down and withered in an hour //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 15 5/8"
- Historical Owner
- #1960.9.111 Gift of Mrs. James W. Packard (Elizabeth Gillmer, class of 1894)
- Owner
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Owner Private
- Vassar College Loeb Art Center