- Maker
- Brown, Mary (age 9)
- Date made
- 1800
- Origin
- Nantucket, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- In a saw tooth stitched rectangle three panels with the verse in the first, A large basket of flowers, perched birds on strawberry plants, flowers and Nantucket tree motifs. Panel three with a large carnation plant in a two handled urn, perched birds, two small black collared dogs and (Nantucket) trees. Reversing arcaded tulip and carnation border up both sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- See How The Lillies Flourish White and Fair / This Markt in / 1 8 0 0 / (At the bottom): Mary Brown Born June / the 18 th 1791 Nantuckett //
- Length Without Frame
- 14 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 14 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1994.0021.004 Gift of Helen Marshall Brown in memory of Florence Farrier Hall.
- Owner
- Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, MA
- Name of School
- Nantucket School, Nantucket, MA
