- Maker
- Cage, Hannah or Mary
- Date made
- after 1820
- Origin
- Rowley (?), MA US
- Stitches
- Cross , Satin, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Family record with names listed in a cartouche with nine individual squares, one for each name. One square has a weeping willow for a child that died at the age of 12. Small weeping willow trees near the bottom. An undulating border of roses on all four sides with a bow at both the center top and bottom.
- Inscription
- Family Record / (Square 1): Thomas Cage / born March 31st / 1774 (Square 2): Mary Dole born / July 22d 1776 (Square 3): Married October / 18th 1799 (Square 4): Hannah Cage / born Jan 4th 1802 / (Square 5): Mary Apphia born / Nov 17th 1808 / (Square 6): William Jewett / born Aug 20th / 1810 / (Square 7): Caleb Strong born / Feb 11th 1815 / (Square 8): Mary Apphia / died June 22d / 1820 / (Square 9: a geometric tree. / (Near the center bottom): How dark and desolate that home, / Where joy once led it's light wing'd train / The mother's eye in evry room / Looks for her child but looks in vain.
- Length Without Frame
- 14 1/2"
- Length With Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Wdith With Frame
- 18 3/4"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- Inherited
- Owner
- Private collector
- Owner Private
- Gage Cogswell