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Mourning sampler

Unknownca. 1850

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Two female angels draped over a tomb with an anchor at the bottom and a leafy tree behind. Lettering at the bottom reads: GRANDMOTHER

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  • Title: Mourning sampler
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: ca. 1850
  • Type: Mourning sampler
  • Rights: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
  • Medium: Medium: wool, silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave cotton with paired warps and wefts (Penelope canvas)
  • Provenance: Ex. coll. Fraser-Martin. Purchased in Exeter, NH, 1922
  • Inscribed: Grandmother
  • Dimensions: H x W (picture): 29.8 x 39.4 cm (11 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.)H x W (canvas): 33.7 x 45.1 cm (13 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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