Celestia Very Morey's woolwork floral wreath; ca. 1870
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
name: label: maker
content: Morey, Celestia Very
notes: label: Description
content: Celestia Very Morey's woolwork floral wreath; ca. 1870. Made of Zephyr woolen yarns. Vestal Center, broome County, New York. Plush work in woolen yarns on a wrapped wire frame; multicolor; many different flowers represented, including tiger lily, lilies, fuchsia, lilac, daisies, black-eyed susans.. Bright and in good condition. Has been separated from original frame.(TE.T14402.00B).
label: Description
content: According to the 1880 US Federal Census, Celestia Morey was born in Pennsylvania in about 1846. She was married to John Morey, and lived in Vestal, NY. Her father's birthplace was Vermont, her mother's, New York. One daughter, May, aged 8, was listed in the household. In the 1900 census she is listed as Lettie C. Morey, born January 1845 in Pennsylvania, married in 1870 to John B. Morey, blacksmith; living in Vestal, NY. The 1850 US Census lists Olney H. Very (born Vermont, age 47) and Phebe Very (born NY, age 37) and living in Harford, Pennsylvania, as having four children: Jerome (15); Theodore (10); Celestine (5) and Sarah Ann (2).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Vestal
topic: label: web subject
content: Needlework
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Grace Corey Tullar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14402.00A
label: catalog number
content: T14402.00A
label: accession number
content: 274158
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Wreath
label: Object Name
content: floral wreath
label: Object Name
content: floral wreath, woolwork
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plush work (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in; 35.56 cm