- Maker
- Lord, Susan (age 8)
- Date made
- 1820
- Origin
- Kennebunkport, ME US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- otton
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: uppercase script missing J. Simple stitched lines. Strawberry motifs. Bottom half has a reversing arcaded strawberry border around the verse.
- Inscription
- Tis education forms / The growing mind / Just as the twig is bent / The tree's inclin'd. Susan Lord Aged 8 ye (above line): ars //
- Length Without Frame
- 16.25"
- Width Without Frame
- 12"
- Historical Owner
- #979 Gift of the Estate of Jane Lord Burbank
- Owner
- The Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME
