- Maker
- Dyer, Sophia
- Date made
- 1817
- Origin
- Cape Elizabeth, ME US
- Stitches
- Cross,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: uppercase block ends with N, all the others have 26 letters. Simple stitched lines. At the bottom a large three story building (school?) on the L and a two story house on the R. Three trees between the two structures. All done in a zig zag stitched cartouche. Reversing arcaded border with flowers all four sides with a flower motif in each corner.
- Inscription
- Sophia Dyer Born / September the 14 1804 / Aged 13 Years / CAPE ELIZABETH / July the 14 1817 //
- Historical Owner
- A86-563 Gift of Mabel S. Gatheman 1937
- Owner
- Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME
