An arched framework with an incomplete family register. The top of the arch reads Keep Sacred the Memory Of. The field within the arch is divided in three registers: the top, titled Ancestors, gives the birth and marriage dates of David Kelly and Amy Comstock; the middle register includes a tree with the names and dates of their children; and the lower register has a verse within a leafy border:

Religion
Beyond the narrow vale of time
Where bright celestial ages roll
To scenes eternal scenes sublime
She points the way and leads the soul

Followed by the inscription. A border of roses in an octagon framework terminating with rose sprays at upper corners gives the effect of a trellis.

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-0001	We photographed this object.
1941	We acquired this object.
2021	You found it!

Family Register Sampler (USA), 1830

This is a Family register sampler. It was embroidered by Dorcas A. Kelly, American. It is dated 1830 and we acquired it in 1941. Its medium is silk embroidery on linen foundation and its technique is embroidered in cross, satin and stem stitches on plain weave foundation. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe. It is credited Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.

Small handmade booklet used by the author for practicing penmanship exercises. Multiple sheets are inscribed with the author's name in cursive script followed by the date 1800. Book cover is made from a sidewall fragment dating to ca. 1790s. The cover design consists of two horizontal registers of running leaves and small floral motifs separated by a band of small, rectangular-shaped forest-green checkerboards. The upper register of leaves is highlighted with white and black flowers. The lower register is composed entirely of small black and white flowers on vines.

Manuscript, Jeremiah Draper's Book, 1800
pen and black ink on laid paper.
Gift of Thomas Strahan Company.
1976-48-61-2

Its dimensions are

H x W: 49 x 47 cm (19 5/16 x 18 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Wrought by Dorcas A. K. Men. 1830. aged 11

Cite this object as

Family Register Sampler (USA), 1830; Embroidered by Dorcas A. Kelly, American ; silk embroidery on linen foundation; H x W: 49 x 47 cm (19 5/16 x 18 1/2 in.); Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe; 1941-69-70

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2D9xg/
Accession Number 1941-69-70
Object ID 18564365