signed and dated “Caroline C. Tomlin’s Work Done In The 13th Year of her age March 12 AD 1838", with alphabets, verses, decorative bands, floral motifs, birds and a row of differently colored dogs, crinkled and twisted silk on linen, cross, Irish, eyelet and square eyelet stitches, satin, 17-3/4 x 18 in.; unframed
Provenance: Bequest of Margaret S. Bedell; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
Note: Caroline’s work features verses from a popular 19th-century hymn about Mary Magdalene's visit to the tomb from John 20:11-18.
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Bequest of Margaret S. Bedell; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
fading to colors, some slight discoloration and staining, some loss to stitching, notably at alphabet, otherwise good condition
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