Mourning picture
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1810
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oval brass form surrounding scene made of hair, depicting tomb monument topped by urn and inscribed: "Triste souvenir d'une soeur cherie." ("Sad Memory of a Cherished Sister") Tomb flanked by tufts of grass with a weeping willow tree behind, all under a domed glass cover. Mounted in blue-green velvet-covered oval case, interior covered in grey-green velvet.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-165-10
objectType: label: Type
content: miniatures
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Mourning picture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Hair, cardboard, brass, velvet, glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 3.3 x 10 x 11.5 cm (1 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 3.3 x 10 x 23.4 cm (1 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.)