- Maker
- Purple, Mary M (age 12)
- Date made
- 1827
- Origin
- Bernardston, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Family Register of the Purple family. On both sides is a cartouche containing birth dates of the father and the mother on the L side. Cartouche on the R lists their marriage date. A pair of overlapping hearts is stitched between . Inner double meandering flower border, and an outer wide saw tooth border on all four sides.
- Inscription
- F A M I L Y R E G I S T E R (On the L): Hatsel Purple / born July 25 1788 / Eliza Green / born May 29 1787 (On the R): Mr. / Hatsel Purple / Miss Eliza Green married April 3 1810 / Names Births Deaths / Nelson W. Purple born Jan. 3 1811 / Samuel B. Purple born June 29 1813 / Mary M. Purple born Jan. 15 1815 / John N. Purple born July 30 1816 / Sarah S. Purple born Aug. 19 1819 / Rosanna E. Purple born M...h 30 1821 / Hatsel C. Purple born Feb. 3 1823 / Martha M. Purple born Dec. 11 1826 / (Across the bottom): Mary M Purple Her Work 1827//
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Length With Frame
- 19 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 17"
- Wdith With Frame
- 19 3/4"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- Purchased
- Owner
- Collection of Dan & Marty Campanelli
- Owner Private
- Dan & Marty Campanelli
