Mourning sampler
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mourning picture of two women seated on a bench in a landscape embroidered and painted in pastel colors; some use of chenille yarns. Framed with black eglomisé glass in oval shape.
place: label: made in
content: England
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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 Mrs. H.P. Davison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1974-72-6
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Mourning sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery with paint on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem stitch on plain weave; hands and faces are painted
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W: 57.2 x 52.1 cm (22 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.)