Fine and Rare Embroidered and Painted Silk Mourning Picture: Sacred to Washington, Anonymous, Connecticut, circa 1805

Lustriously worked with silk, paint and ink on silk; inscribed on the plinth.

Richard H. and Virginia A. Wood, Baltimore, Maryland, May 24, 1965

American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring at the Museum of American Folk Art  (p. 80, fig. 130)

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This memorial belongs to a recognizable group worked by girls living in the Clinton / Westbrook area of Connecticut. The composition was inspired by wallpaper. (For a similar embroidery and more about the wallpaper, see ANTIQUES, February 1981, p. 409.)