Unknown, memorial to Allen family, n.d.. #SA000082

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Unknown, memorial to Allen family, n.d.

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000082
Maker:	Unknown
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:
Year Made:	Unknown
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	Rhode Island Historical Society
Accession Number:	1985.8.1
Object Credit:	Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Kern
Contributor:	Rhode Island Historical Society

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Memorial or Mourning Picture, Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

20.5 H x 19.625 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

, memorial stone/urn/architecture
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Memorial, memorial

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Sacred 
to the 
memory 
of 
Mr. Otis Allen 
who departed this 
life October 8th, 1811 
in the 20th year of his age.

What though short thy date
Virtue not the rolling sun the mind matures.

Inscribed to the remains 
          of 
   Capt. NOAH ALLEN 
 who died Feb. 21st, 1797 
in the 50th year of his age. 
          And 
   Mrs. SARAH ALLEN 
         his wife 
who died February 17th, 1799. 
  in the 37th year of her age.

Cease mourners cease nor with complaining eyes 
Lament the Christian's passage to the skies,
Follow the footsteps which they traced o'er; 
And you shall meet again to part no more.

Motifs/Symbols:

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape, Mourning or memorial

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Rust (from tacking) Surface dirt
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black

Thread Condition:

Text: Slight loss

Other Materials:

Paint, Ink

Stitch Types:

Satin, Straight, Tent, couch

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	Unknown
Birthdate:
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State: unknown
Death Date:
Death Location:
Religion:
Parents:	Mother:	Birth:	Death:
	Father:	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Sybil and Arthur B. Kern Relation to maker: Unknown
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:

Object Details