- Maker
- Kane, Martha
- Date made
- 1803
- Origin
- England
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: 3 missing the J, 2 missing the U. Numbers 1-16. Beautiful large and small cross bands. All done in a simple stitched rectangle with a with a bottom panel of motifs including crowns and coronets, pots of flowers, individual flowers. Outer border of small flowers. Unique border of pots of flowers, geometric designs, leaf designs with small animals. Mirror image sampler: both sides identical.
- Inscription
- To Him that did the Starry World display / Let every creature Show Homage ray Let Thuder Clouds that ??? from ??? / ?????????????Pole / Aloud proclaime his Praises as they roll / Trees that on Earth in ample Order grow / The various Fowls above and Fish below / Sun Moon and Stars with vocal Planets Sing / The Praise of Natures Universal King / Marsha Kane April the 22 1803 / Seek Virtues Path and when you find the way / Persue with firmness and disdain to Stray / To certain bliss each step of Virtue sends / While what begins in Vice in Misery ends //
- Length Without Frame
- 17"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 1/8"
- Historical Owner
- #1943.97 Gift of George W. Bierce
- Owner
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Owner Private
- Cleveland Museum of Art
