Family register sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1804
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Harriot Collens, (American, 1790–1874)
notes: label: Description
content: Record of the Collens family, with three baskets of flowers at the bottom and a curving floral border on three sides. Inscribed at the bottom:
label: Description
content: Harriot Collens markd this record 1804
label: Description
content: The text reads:
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content: Friend Collens born December 16 1762
label: Description
content: Philana Norton born September 12 1761
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content: married February 20 1785
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content: John Collens born October 1 1785
label: Description
content: Mary Ann Collens born October 1 1787
label: Description
content: William Henry Collens born Nov. 3 1788
label: Description
content: Harriot Collens born September 2 1790
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content: George Lemon Collens born Oct 28 1792
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content: George Lemon Collens died Sept 10 1793
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content: Sophia T Collens born Sept 23 1794 died 1795
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content: Sophia Teresa Collens born June 16 1797
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content: Jonathan Collens born December 19 1799
label: Description
content: Emily Collens born March 6 1801
place: label: made in
content: Guildford, Connecticut, 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 Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-58
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Family register sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery, linen warp, wool weft Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, running, and roumanian stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 39 x 44 cm (15 3/8 x 17 5/16 in.)