- Maker
- Foster, Sukey (age 12)
- Date made
- 1803
- Origin
- Cambridge, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Crosslet, Chain, Detached Chain, Petit Point, Outline, Satin, Hem.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: uppercase script missing J. Simple stitched lines. Below verse are three flowering plants, one in a vase, at the bottom a 2-story house with 4 chimneys standing next to a tree on a hill. The center section is outlined by a double saw tooth band and a short strawberry vine band. Border on top and 2 sides of a wide reversing geometric flowering vine. A band of shaded satin stitches across the bottom.
- Inscription
- The fairest flower will soon decay / Its fragrant loose and splended hue / So youth and beauty wear away / And vanish is the morning dew / / (In an oval cartouche at the bottom): Sukey Fosters Work / Wrought in the tWelfth / Year of her age * / Cambridge / AUGUST * 20 * 1803 * //
- Length Without Frame
- 23 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 3/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1980.0849.01 Gift of Dr. Arthur S. Adams
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
