Hoyt family register

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About this item

Some family registers were also mourning pieces, commemorating the death of a member of the family. Sixteen-year-old Nancy Hoyt probably worked this register when she was a student at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, after the death of her father David, at age 46, in the previous year. Schoolgirl embroideries were most often done in schools or academies under the instruction of a needlework teacher.

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Item typeArtwork
Crafts, Decorative Art
Textiles
CreatorHoyt, Nancy
Date1803–1806
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
TopicArt, Music, Literature, Crafts
Family, Children, Marriage, Courtship
Home Life, Household Items, Furniture
EraThe New Nation, 1784–1815
MaterialAnimal Product; Plant Product
Process/FormatTextile; Needlework
Dimension detailsWidth: 16.00 in Height: 20.75 in
Catalog #1985.0002
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Hoyt, Nancy. Hoyt family register. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1985-0002/. Accessed on December 7, 2024.

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