- Maker
- Kurtz, Sarah (age 9)
- Date made
- 1804
- Origin
- Washington, DC US
- Stitches
- Cross, Crosslet, Stem, Chain, Eyelet, Algerian Eye.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: all missing the J, q not Q, both long and short style S. Numbers 1-4, 1-15, and 1-21. Simple line and narrow geometric cross bands. Surrounding the verse and inscription are paired motifs of trees, crowns, flower baskets, birds perched on trees, a bird in a wreath, two checkered flower baskets with handles but no flowers. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all 4 sides.
- Inscription
- When wealth to virtuous hands is givn / It blesses like the dews of heavn / Like heaven it hears the orphans cries / And wipes the tears from widows eyes / Sarah Kurtz / (Written in ink after the inscription is: Worked 1804 age 9) //
- Length Without Frame
- 21 1/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- TE*T7318 Gift of Mrs. Mary E. Lyddane
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution
