Mourning sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1803
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An oval scene of a woman leaning on a tomb; a child with a basket of flowers is seated in front. The inscription on the tomb reads:
label: Description
content: In Memory of
label: Description
content: Mr. John Nye
label: Description
content: Obiit (sic) Oct 17 1803
label: Description
content: Aetatis 28
label: Description
content: There is a large weeping willow on the left and a distant landscape of water and a town beyond. Only the trees, grass and shrubbery are embroidered; the rest is painted.
place: label: made in
content: probably Massachusetts, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1984-100-5
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Mourning sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery, paint and ink on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, knot stitches andcouching on plain weave foundation using chenille and loosely twisted threads, with painted background
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 47 x 53.3 cm (18 1/2 x 21 in.)