Needlework Family Register

Description:

Needlework Family Register, "Family Register Wrought by Laura Mitchel 1830," Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground depicting flowers and blue bowknots surrounding two columns flanking the vital statistics of Benjamin Mitchel (b. April 22, 1777),his wife Hannah Pierce (b. October 24, 1780),who were married March 1, 1801, and their eight children, the lower register depicting weeping willows and monuments flanking the death statistics of Laura's two siblings, (toning),18 x 24 in., in original molded giltwood frame, backed with a page from The New Haven City Gazette, dated April 22, 1830.

Literature: The vital statistics of this family can be found in History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut From the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1854, by William Cothren, published by Bronson Brothers, 1854, p. 640.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

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