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In this silk mourning picture a woman is bent over an elevated tomb. Her arms and head are painted. A large weeping willow spreads its leaves over the tomb, cypress trees surround the scene. Stitches used in this work include: satin stitch, long and short satin stitch, rice stitch, French knot, split stitch, filling stitch.
needlework (visual works)
funerary art
embroidering
paintings (visual works)
silk (textile)
Picture, Needlework
""To the memory of/Mrs. Nancy Bradford/who died/ November 8th 1813/Aged 26 years""/""Corinthians 2 Book/4 chap/14th verse""
Unknown
19 x 17 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Miss F. Josephine Baker
1969.409
1813 (circa)
Cambridge (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
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