- Maker
- Lesure, Sophie (age 11)
- Date made
- 1800
- Origin
- Warwick, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: uppercase block backward N, uppercase script missing J, two ampersands. Numbers 1-10. Various small cross bands. Across the bottom a 3 story house with two chimneys and a small green lawn. A large tree on the L along with a large urn of flowers. On the R two large baskets with flowers. Scrolled hanging strawberry border on both sides, arcaded strawberry border across the top. Saw tooth border across the bottom.
- Inscription
- Sophia Lesure born Leverett (MA) / July 3d. 1800 aged 11 years / Next unto God dear Parents I address / Myself to you in humble thankfulness / For all the cares & pains bestowed on me / The means of Learning thus allowed to me. / Wrought at Polly Pomroy's school in Warwick (MA) //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 13"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Owner
- Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA
- Owner Private
- Historical Society of Old Newbury
- Name of School
- Polly Pomroy's School, Warwick, MA
