- Maker
- Meredith, Elizabeth
- Date made
- 1786
- Origin
- Bucks County, PA US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: uppercase block. Numbers 1-10. Various narrow and one wide cross band. Panel #2 has three large baskets with flowers with smaller plants and flowers between. Panel #3 has verse and tall flowers on both sides. Panel #4 A tree on both sides with perched birds. At the bottom a green ground with birds, baskets of flowers, plants and animals.
- Inscription
- Teach me to feel anothers woe / My heart at others bliss to glow / Relieve the poor assist the weak / And wipe the tear from misery cheek . Elizabeth Meredith / 1786 / / Initials: MM / TM CM //
- Length Without Frame
- 18"
- Width Without Frame
- 15.25"
- Historical Owner
- #F.61.097.01
- Owner
- Mercer Museum, Doylestown, PA
- Owner Private
- Mercer Museum