Mourning sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1828 with later additions
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Ann Crosley
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seven figures in the center all dressed in a 17th century manner. Memorial urns at each side "Joseph Crosley died Sep 2 1814 aged 57 years" and "Sarah Daughter of Joseph Crosley who died Sept 19 1831 aged 30 years." In center "Ann Crosley her work May 8 1828." Picture may have been started at one date and finished at another as there is a great variation in the size of stitches.
place: label: made in
content: Ireland and USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-122
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Mourning sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 60.3 x 62.9 cm (23 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.)