- Maker
- Cooley, Permelia
- Date made
- ca. 1836
- Origin
- Milford, NJ US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Baskets and urns of flowers, strawberry plants, hearts, flower sprays. At the bottom a two story house with two chimneys, a dog on each side. On a green knoll with a large tree in both corners a reclining collared deer. Reversing arcaded flower border all four sides. (Done at the Hunterdon Collared Deer School).
- Inscription
- (In a cartouch with two facing birds at the top): Permelia / Cooley / was born / May 9 1826 (In the center): When youth and all its joys are flown / And bosom friends are dead and gone / These lines will bring to minb(sic) / Remembrance of those happy days / when I could stray throug fancys maze / Light as the passing wind //
- Length Without Frame
- 20 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 19 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- CH2000.2
- Owner
- New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
- Name of School
- Hunterdon 'Collared Deer' School
