- Maker
- Norton, Hannah
- Date made
- 1795
- Origin
- Cambridge, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Eyelet
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk, Wool
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: uppercase block 26 letters plus ampersand. Numbers 1-7. Various cross bands and simple stitched lines. A large rectangle with a saw tooth border, double saw tooth at bottom, with a large tree with birds, animals at the bottom. An owl, strawberry, diamonds and other motifs. Inner and outer saw tooth border with a reversing arcaded strawberry border between.
- Inscription
- Seize The Kind Promise While it Waits / And March To Zion's Heav'nly Gates / Believe And Take The Promis'd Gates / Believe And Take The Promis'd Rest / Obey And Be Forever Blest / HANNAH NORTON / Beauty May Fade And Empires Fall / But Virtue Tri umphs Over All / Cambridge H N / 1795 //
- Length Without Frame
- 16"
- Width Without Frame
- 13 3/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1982.239 Gift of Eleanor Clarke Bowser
- Owner
- Historic New England, Haverhill, MA
- Owner Private
- Historic New England
