Needlework

Object number
47.1.2
Creator
Scott, Elizabeth
Date
1808
Description
Two monuments, a woman dressed in black, a church in the background, two crossed trees and a weeping willow tree. Ref: Richard Lebanon Bowen, "The Scott Family Needlework", Ri History, (Jan. 1943), p. 51. This is the third oldest piece of Scott needlework. Made with silk thread on silk. Verse reads, "In memory / of John Scott who died / Nov. 13, 1808, Age 40 Y / Martha his wife who died / Feb 22, 1805, Aged 38".
Materials
silk
Credit Line
Gift Mrs. Lillian Deblois Fox
Related People & Organizations
Scott, Elizabeth (associated)
Scott, John (associated)
Scott, Martha (associated)
Fox, Lillian Deblois, Mrs. (associated)