Celia Corwin's Work
name: label: maker
content: Corwin, Celia
notes: label: Description
content: This sampler by Celia Corwin, dating to 1830, is stitched in cross stitch with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 34, weft 38/ in. The inscription is: “Celia Corwins work / January 14 1830.” Celia Corwin was born on April 13, 1816, to Samuel (1767 - 1873) and Rachel Burr (1788 -1849) Corwin in Newburgh, Orange Co., New York. She never married and died on December 23, 1884. She is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Daniel Gardner.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.H37551
label: catalog number
content: H037551.000
label: accession number
content: 115031
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Embroidery, Sampler
label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall ground)
label: Physical Description
content: silk and cotton (overall thread)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 7/8 in x 7 1/8 in; 14.9225 cm x 18.0975 cm