- Maker
- Fortier, Pauline (age 10)
- Date made
- 1815
- Origin
- New Orleans, LA US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Cotton
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: (done around the outer edge starting at upper L corner) uppercase block missing the W, lowercase missing the J. Numbers 1-6 and 7-10. A Catholic imagery sampler including birds with flowers, baskets of flowers, a ladder, a key, a cross surmounting monogram IHS, a lamp, a censor, a small table with bell, cruets, candles, two columns flanking an altar with candlesticks and monstrance, and a cross.
- Inscription
- (Around the outer edge starting after the number 10 at the bottom R side): FAIT * PAR * Pauline * Fortier * Au / COUVANT * DE * LA * NOUVELLE * ORLE / ans * ce * 8 * decembre * 1815 * agee * de * 10 * ans //
- Length Without Frame
- 13 5/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 13 7/8"
- Historical Owner
- #2004.0030 Gift of the Leon Sarpy Family
- Owner
- The Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, LA
- Name of School
- Ursuline Convent Academy, New Orleans, LA
