- Maker
- Sheaf, Louisa (age 12)
- Date made
- 1815
- Origin
- Cambridge, MA US
- Stitches
- Hemstitch, Cross, Eyelet (Queen), Satin, Herringbone
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linsey-woolsey
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: 2 uppercase, one with J and one without. 1 lowercase complete. Numbers 1-6 & 1-16. Various cross bands. Narrow saw tooth border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (In a Greek Key cartouche in the lower half): Louisa Sheafe born March / 1803 at Portsmouth N.H. / worked this at Cambridge / Mass Oct 1815 aged 12 //
- Length Without Frame
- 14 1/8"
- Length With Frame
- 17 5/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 11 1/8"
- Wdith With Frame
- 14 3/4"
- Historical Owner
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Albert P. Leoning, Jr.
- Owner
- NSCDA Moffatt-Ladd House, Portsmouth, NH
