- Maker
- Davis, Patty (age 21)
- Date made
- 1793
- Origin
- Warren, RI US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: at bottom margin, ends with V ( no U). Large two story house with a woman on the L and a man on the R, both in colonial attire. A column on either side with an arcade across the top encases the scene. Two couples with children are on the lawn of the house, and another couple, woman on L man on R on the lawn with four vertical lines of alternating white and black sheep Urns with flowers rising to near the top. Flower sprays at top with a heart and two doves in center. (Note: the beginning letter of each line of the verse at the bottom spells out the makers name.
- Inscription
- (Across the top): Honor and Renown Will the Virtuous Crown Patty Davis / (At center top): Wrought at / Warren / February / the 12 A D 1793 (At center lower third): Patty Davis / Born December 4 / 1771 at Newport / (At the bottom L): Ponder thy soul and things divine / And be engaged to know / / The way to happyness and Peace / To which the saints shall go / Yes may I ?? while my youth / (On the bottom R): Delight myself in god / And walk In all the ways of truth / Vice shun in all every word / I shall then happy be while hear / So and at death have nought to fear //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 9/16"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 10/16"
- Historical Owner
- #1981.39.1 See Girlhood Embroidery, Vol. 1, by Betty Ring. Page 188
- Owner
- Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI
- Owner Private
- Rhode Island Historical Society
- Name of School
- Balch School, Providence, RI
