There would I find a settled rest / While other go and come / No more a stranger or a guest / But like a child at home. / Why do ye mourn departing friends / Or shake at deaths alarms / Tis but the voice that Jesus sends / To call them to his arms. / Jesus can make a dying bed / Feal soft as downy pillows are / While on his breast I lean my head / And breathe my life out sweetly there. / (At the bottom): Louisa Camroux Aged 11 January 16 1817 //

Maker

Camroux, Louisa (age 11)

Date made

1817

Origin

MA US

Stitches

Cross, Gobelin

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

1 alphabet: missing J, U & V transposed. Numbers 1-8. A 3 story house with 3 chimneys at the bottom with a lawn, fence and trees. Many motifs of animals, baskets of fruit, flowers, birds. Arcaded acorn cross band. Scroll border across the top, arcaded acorn border across the bottom and partially up both sides.

Inscription

There would I find a settled rest / While other go and come / No more a stranger or a guest / But like a child at home. / Why do ye mourn departing friends / Or shake at deaths alarms / Tis but the voice that Jesus sends / To call them to his arms. / Jesus can make a dying bed / Feal soft as downy pillows are / While on his breast I lean my head / And breathe my life out sweetly there. / (At the bottom): Louisa Camroux Aged 11 January 16 1817 //

Length With Frame

18 3/16"

Wdith With Frame

13 11/16"

Original Frame

Yes

Historical Owner

#1948.85 Gift of Miss Ruth L.S. Child

Owner

Historic New England, Haverhill, MA

Owner Private

Historic New England