- Maker
- Perry, Lydia
- Date made
- 1816
- Origin
- Milford, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Herringbone
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets. A basket of flowers at center bottom with a medallion on each side. Leaf and flower border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Virtue is the chiefest beauty of the mind / The noblest ornament of human kind / Virtue is our safe guard & our guiding star / Stir up reason when our senses err / (L medalion): Ah when / thy morn of / youth is fled / No second spring to th / ee returns. (R medalion): Lydia / Perry / Milford / August / 1816
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1936.997
- Owner
- Historic New England, Haverhill, MA
- Owner Private
- Historic New England
