Rare Silk Embroidered and Painted Mourning Picture: To the Memory of the Illustrious George Washington, Anonymous, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1807

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

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Description

To the Memory of the Illustrious Go Washington
silk and chenille on silk
Height 21 in. by width 27 in.
circa 1807

Brilliantly colored and finely worked with silk stitches and chenille on silk. The original eglomise mat inscribed in gilt lettering.

Provenance

Richard & Virginia Wood, Baltimore, Maryland, June 4, 1965;

The Edith Gregor Halpert sale at Sotheby's, sale number 3572, November 14-15, 1973, lot 13.

Exhibited

American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring at the Museum of American Folk Art (p. 100, fig. 161)

Condition

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Catalogue Note

The composition is typical of memorials designed by Samuel Folwell, but the painting is by another hand. A very similar piece, but dedicated to the embroiderer's brother, was worked by Eliza Gravenstine and dated 1807.