- Maker
- Ellis, Polly
- Date made
- 1791
- Stitches
- Satin, Stem, Chain
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A large two story house with two chimneys dominates the scene. A man and a woman in colonial attire stand on either side of a leafy tree on the R. On the L a young girl in a yellow dress stands holding a parasol. Across the bottom are a flower motif, an animal (a goat?), another goat, a flower motif, three animals (sheep)? and another flower motif. No border.
- Inscription
- Work'd by Polly. Ellis in the . fourteenth Year. / of. her. age 1791 //
- Length Without Frame
- 10.25"
- Width Without Frame
- 13.37"
- Historical Owner
- #1915.21
- Owner
- Marblehead Museum, Marblehead, MA
- Owner Private
- Marblehead Museum