- Maker
- Rawson, Elizabeth A. (age 17)
- Date made
- 1823
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Gauze
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: across the top, uppercase script and uppercase block. Numbers 1-12. Family Register with a willow tree on the L and R and names entered in 15 flowered circles. Two facing birds in a bower and two small plants at the top. Two plants at the bottom. Twining strawberry border on both sides.
- Inscription
- Family Register / (In circles from L to R): (1) Edward Rawson / born June 8th 1752 (2) Edward Rawson / and Sally Newton / were married Aug 2 1805 (3) Sally Newton / born March 21st 1783 (4) Elizabeth A. Rawson born July 11 1804 (5) Charles S Rawson / born Jan 25 1806 (6) Danforth K Rawson / born Sept 25 1809 (7) Lewis A Rawson / born July 24 1811 (8) Sarah A Rawson / born Feb 14 1813 (9) Charlotte P Rawson / born May 29 1814 (10) Elisha O Rawson / born Jan 5 1816 (11) Susan B Rawson / born Nov 26 1817 (12) Mary A rawson / born Oct 17 1819 (13) Emily M Rawson / born Sept 17 1821 (14) George M Rawson / born June 12 1828 (15) Frances M Rawson / born May 27 1826 (14) (At the bottom): Wrought by Elizabeth A Rawson 1822 Constance P Rawson died May 17 1816
- Length Without Frame
- 19 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 23 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-313 Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
