- Maker
- Brown, Louisa (age 14)
- Date made
- 1820
- Origin
- Southbridge, MA US
- Stitches
- Chain, Cross, Running.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse #627. 1787. Page. 334.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: uppercase script and block: 26 letters, one ampersand. Lowercase missing j, v and w. All done in a saw tooth square. Floral vine (roses?) border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Beauty soon grows familiar / Virtue alone has charms that (never die) / Louisa Brown (Age 1)4 / Southbridge July 25 1820 //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 7/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 3/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #64.1.62 Gift to the museum in 1967.
- Owner
- Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA
- Owner Private
- Old Sturbridge Village