Object Details
- Embroiderer
- Emily Silcox, American
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Within a black Greek key border, an inscription and verse:
- When This was done this i have done to let you see what care my parents took of mee (sic)
- Below, a very stylized weeping willow embroidered in black, with a bird and a dog below, and a black frame with the text: Sarah Jane Silcox Died March 24 1839, aged 13 years and six months
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
- 1839
- Accession Number
- 1981-28-142
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Mourning sampler
- Medium
- Medium: wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation
- Dimensions
- H x W: 21 x 28cm (8 1/4 x 11in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1981-28-142
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4617a5629-a1a4-41bc-8d77-68cea9add106
