- Maker
- Brigham, Catharine Jones
- Date made
- ca. 1830
- Origin
- New England US
- Stitches
- Cross, Stem, Satin, Filling, French knot, Long, Short, Gobelin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each with 26 letters. Numbers 1-9. At the bottom a 3 story house with two chimneys and 14 windows set on a lawn with a fence, gate and pathway. Verse inside rectangular design with two baskets of flowers on either side. Family record under a bent willow branch on either side. Inner white flower border all four sides with a saw tooth outer border.
- Inscription
- This morn I crop'd those beauteous flowers / Emblems of my fleeting hours: / Tis thus said I, my life time flies / First it blooms and then it dies. ///// Family Record / Aaron Brigham was born December 29th 1785 / Comfort Valentine was born March 10th 1783 ---- married / August 2d 1808 Births of their children / Catharine Jones Brigham was born June 9th 1809 / William Brigham was born September 30th 1812 / Sophia Brigham was born January 17 1815. /// Wrought by Catharine Jones Brigham
- Length With Frame
- 27 1/4"
- Wdith With Frame
- 23 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Yes
- Historical Owner
- #A4090
- Owner
- Historic New England, Haverhill, MA
- Owner Private
- Historic New England