Catherine Kip (1824-1836), the daughter of Leonard William Kip and Anna Corbet, was working this sampler at the time of her death at age twelve. A typical sampler of the 1830s, it includes the alphabet worked in various stitches and a poem about the fleeting qualities of youth. Catherine was a descendent of Jacobus Kip, whose farm covered much of today's Kips Bay in the 17th century. Her family lived at 94 Spring Street, near Broadway.