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Mourning picture
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Mourning picture

Unknown · ca. 1800 · Medium: silk, paper Technique: embroidered with painted details

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Mourning picture depicts a woman in an Empire-style gown standing alongside a tomb, willow trees on both sides and an angel above. Face and arms of the woman, clouds and angel are painted on the silk ground. Tombstone worked in silk with paper inserts embroidered with silk thread.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Subjects
Mourning pictureEmbroidery (visual works)
Credit lineMourning picture. ca. 1800. Unknown. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Marsha Carson. CC0.
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