Lydia W. Searlle, n.d.. #SA000103

Image courtesy of Rhode Island Historical Society

Lydia W. Searlle, n.d.

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000103
Maker:	Lydia W. Searlle
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Rhode Iland
Year Made:	Unknown
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	Rhode Island Historical Society
Accession Number:	2001.61.1
Object Credit:	Gift of Martha Armstrong
Contributor:	Rhode Island Historical Society

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Memorial or Mourning Picture

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

17 H x 22.5 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Frame, Text appears in frame of tombstones
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Date, Motto or aphorism, History, Memorial, Memorial

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Consecrated to the remains 
         of 
  Capt John Anthony 
who was born May 26
1774, and died  July 23 
1811, aged 37 Years.

Believe, and look with triumph on the tomb.

Daniel Anthony, 
was born July 24,
1803, & died Sept. 
10 1805.

Life how short!

Motifs/Symbols:

Architectural, Floral and plant, Geometric, Human figure, Human made object

Scenes/Pictures:

Mourning or memorial

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Tan, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Text: Slight loss
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

Paint, Ink

Stitch Types:

Long and short, Satin, Stem, couching, encroaching satin

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	RIHS files
Birthdate:	census records
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State: unknown
Death Date:	census records
Death Location:
Religion:
Parents:	Mother:	Birth:	Death:
	Rhode Island marriage records	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:
	Spouse: James M. Warner	Birth: Vital records Rhode Island	Death: Lydia listed as widow in 1850 census
	Date: May 24, 1812	Place:

Children:

Amos Manning Warner

Birth: 1814

Death: Nov. 23, 1888

Previous Owners:	Name: Martha Armstrong Relation to maker: Unknown
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
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Object Details