- Maker
- Ames, Ruth (age 13)
- Date made
- 1811
- Origin
- Woburn, MA US
- Stitches
- Counted Cross, Straight, Fly.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: lowercase with both long and short style S. Numbers 1-9. One small double saw tooth cross band with various other stitched lines and partial cross bands. Various geometric motifs of birds in trees, baskets of flowers, birds on triangles and a large pine tree across the bottom. Inner and outer border down both sides and across the top with a different border across the bottom.
- Inscription
- Virtue alone has that to give, / Which makes it worth ones while to live, / But vice alone can that supply, / Which makes it Pain to live or die. / N. G. (teacher?) / / Wrought by Ruth Ames, aged 13 years. Woburn July 9th 1811. /
- Length Without Frame
- 16"
- Length With Frame
- 20 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 16"
- Wdith With Frame
- 20"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- Purchased
- Owner
- Barbara K. Randau
- Owner Private
- Barbara K. Randau
