Family register

Object/Artifact

Saco Museum

2013.0025.0022

Name/Title

Family register

Entry/Object ID

2013.25.22

Description

Family register of Chandler and Delight Perry worked by Catharine Perry. Ink and watercolor on paper with a polychrome floral border along two sides and the top, with a rural scene with a river in the center at the bottom. The lettering that spells out "Genealogy" and "Progeny" mimics the working of queen stitch in embroidery. The balance of the text is a more standard form of script.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Perry, Catherine

Role

Needleworker

Date made

circa 1835

Dimensions

Height

23 in

Width

18-1/2 in

Material

watercolor on paper

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

Catharine, the daughter of Sally Perry’s brother, Chandler Perry, and his wife, Delight Morse, of Waterford, Maine, painted a family register. (A sampler from Sally Perry's school comes earlier in this section of the exhibition.) Catharine's register includes a mimicking of queen stitch to spell out the title, “Genealogy” at the top, the word “Married” underlined, and the use of the word “Progeny” prior to the naming of the offspring. It was probably created in the early 1830s; although it includes two dates from the early 1840s, they seem to have been added later. Catharine appeared on the U.S. Federal Census, living with her parents, through 1860. She died in 1863 and is buried in Elm Vale Cemetery in Waterford with her parents, who passed away in 1871.

Label Type

Object Label

Label

Catharine Perry (1816-?) Family register, circa 1835 Possibly worked in Portland (school unknown) Watercolor and ink on paper Gift of Sue and Dexter Pond in memory of Grace Lyman Stammers