Smith, Almira (age 10)

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Maker
Smith, Almira (age 10)
Date made
1814
Origin
Oxford, MA US
Stitches
Cross, Satin,
In Bolton & Co.
No
Foundation Cloth
Linen
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
3 alphabets: uppercase block ends at W. Numbers 1-9. At the bottom a two story house with a center front door. At tall tree on the R and three tall trees on the L. Cabbage rose border up both sides and across the top.
Inscription
The hand that blossoms e'er so fair / May by Perchance be lopt / So beauty health and virtue may / By deaths cold hand be cropt / Almira Smith Oxford aged 10 1814 //
Owner
Private collector
Owner Private
Binky Stephenson Strom