On View
Not on viewMourning Picture Sampler
Date1805-1810
Terms
- Samplers
- Ink
- Gilt
- Satin
- Silk Fiber
- Paper
- Paint
- Bridgewater
Dimensions42.51 × 34.26 cm (16 3/4 × 13 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMourning Picture in Memory of Rev. Asa Dunbar by Louisa or Cynthia Dunbar, attributed to Bridgewater Academy, 1805-1810. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; T1100.
Object numberT1100
DescriptionTextile. Embroidered funeral piece (mourning picture) in memory of Reverend Asa Dunbar, Henry Thoreau's maternal grandfather. Long and short stitch in silk thread on silk ground. The silk seems to have been originally blue, but has faded to oyster white in most places. Design, which is contained within the oval, includes the usual figure of a lady beneath a willow, mourning at the urn of the dear departed. A tablet reads:
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
- Needlework
Object number: 2007.284
A.S. Livermore
ca. 1820
