Mourning sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1838
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Bechler, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A man and woman in black stand on either side of a tomb surmounted by an urn shaded by a weeping willow tree. The inscription on the tomb reads:
label: Description
content: Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Moore who departed this life March the 7th, 1830 aged 32 years, six months and 28 days.
label: Description
content: With a deep rose vine border at the top and sides, and the inscription. Human hair is used for the hair of the two figures.
place: label: made in
content: Maytown, Pennsylvania, 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: 1974-100-31
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Mourning sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and human hair embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 43.5 x 48cm (17 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.)