- Maker
- Loomis, Clarissa Cornelia (age 9)
- Date made
- 1828
- Origin
- Lebanon, CT US
- Stitches
- Cross, Rice, Outline, Queen, Half-cross, Long-armed cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: J missing from 2nd and third alphabets. Numbers 1-15. Simple stitched lines. At bottom a two story house with a fenced yard and two large and three small tree. A figure of a woman in a long dress holding a parasol.
- Inscription
- Hail heirs of endless peace ordained to rove / Round the ???? love / For you the sun first ???? the lucid morn ??? born. Polly Kingsley (teacher?) / Clarissa C. Loomis Aged 9 years Lebanon / Sept 24 1828 //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1986.13.1 Purchased
- Owner
- Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
- Owner Private
- Connecticut Historical Society