- Maker
- Whitman, Louisa Sisson (age 11)
- Date made
- 1839
- Origin
- Coventry, RI US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each with 26 letters. One ampersand. Numbers 1-10. Simple stitched lines. All done in a square with an arcaded border of tiny rosebuds all four sides.
- Inscription
- (After 2nd alphabet): L. S. W. Born Feb. 22, 1828 / Then let the mind your noblest thoughts engage / Its beauties last beyond the flight of age / Let every virtue reign within thy breast / that heaven approves or makes its owner blest. / Louisa Sisson Whitman's Sam / plar Coventry R I July 19th 1839
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 18"
- Historical Owner
- #1999.72.8 Gift of Claflin Brothers
- Owner
- Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI
- Owner Private
- Rhode Island Historical Society