Mourning sampler
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bishop and two angels looking down from the clouds to bless an Italian town that is on a river by the sea. The angels and the bishop's hands and face were painted on paper which was then cut out and pasted on the picture. Details of the town were painted in by brush. Uncounted stitches.
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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: 1976-100-7
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Mourning sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal thread, paper Technique: painted silks, silk threads and metal threads laid on parchment or paper with wax
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 26 x 19.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)