- Maker
- Sumbardo, Maria, Maryann or Elizabeth
- Date made
- ca. 1815
- Origin
- MA US
- Stitches
- Satin, Outline, Chain, Cross over 1, Cross over 2, Gobelin, Hem, Fly.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Tree of Life in center with names and dates of family members stitched on the leaves. Parents names in hearts at the trunk of the tree. Filled border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (At the top): A Family Records (On the apples on the tree from top to bottom): Joseph / Sumbardo / Born in the / yr 1810 / Lewis / Sumbardo / Born in the / yr 1809 / Maria / Sumbardo / Born in the / yr 1801 / Maryann / Sumbardo / Born in the yr / 1798 / Philip / Sumbardo / Born in the / yr 1806 / Valuntine / Sumbardo / Born in the / yr 1804 / Anthony / Sumbardo / Born in the / yr 1802 / Elizabeth / Sumbardo / Born in the / yr 1799 / (In the heart on the L): Philip Sumbardo / Born in the yr / 1770 (In the heart on the R): Mary Hacket / Born in the / years 1775 (On the bottom reading across from L to R): Let Love Abide ye / Honored Pair Till Death divid / my Parents Dear God Grant / on Earth yo Mary be Blest / and when You die Return to / Rest (At the bottom of the tree): Married in the / year 1796
- Length Without Frame
- 16 7/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1980.23.2 Gift of Mrs. Leslie Geer
- Owner
- Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
- Owner Private
- Connecticut Historical Society
