Mourning sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1839
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Emily Silcox, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Within a black Greek key border, an inscription and verse:
label: Description
content: When This was done this i have done to let you see what care my parents took of mee (sic)
label: Description
content: 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
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-142
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Mourning sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21 x 28cm (8 1/4 x 11in.)