- Maker
- Melvan, Phebe (age 14)
- Date made
- 1816
- Origin
- Concord, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A family record with births done in a rectangle in the upper third and deaths in a cartouche in the lower third. Floral vine border up both sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- A Record of the family / of / Amos Melven who ws born June 13th 1751 / & Married to Anna Flatt Jan. 15th 1782 who ws / born Sept 5th 1763 / Amos Melven Jun. (sic, Jr.) was born Oct 15th 1782 / Charles Melven was born Nov 4th 1784 / Anna Melven was born Sept 1t 1786 / James J. Melven was born Jun 21t 1788 / John Melven was born July 15th 1790 / Joshua Melven was born Dec 28th 1792 / Emerson Melven was born March 1t 1794 / Mary Melven was born June 14th 1797 / William Melven was born Dec 5th 1800 / Phebe Melven was born Dec 3d 1802 / / Mr Amos Melven died Aug 6th 1805 aet 55 / Miss Anna Melven died Feb 25th 1805 aet 18 / Miss Mary Melven died Oct th 27 1816 a 19 / Unhappy he who latest feels the blow / Whose eyes have wept o'er every friend laid low / Drae'd lingering on from partial death to death / 'Till dying all he can resign is breath. / (At the bottom): Wrought by Phebe Melven Concord July 1816 //
- Length Without Frame
- 18"
- Width Without Frame
- 17.5"
- Historical Owner
- #2008.032 Purchase funded by the Dolores Lyon bequest.
- Owner
- Concord Museum, Concord, MA
- Owner Private
- Concord Museum
