Mourning Sampler
| Title | Mourning Sampler |
|---|---|
| Artist | Made at Mary Balch's School Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Date | About 1810 19th century |
| Medium | Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and silk chenille in split, surface satin, and stem stitches; couching; with human hair |
| Classification | textile |
| Origin | Rhode Island Rhode Island |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Textiles Collection |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Mourning Sampler” is a work by Made at Mary Balch's School Providence, Rhode Island, United States, dated About 1810. It is executed in silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and silk chenille in split, surface satin, and stem stitches; couching; with human hair and classified as textile. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Catalogued as textile. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
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Dated to About 1810. Explore the wider set of works from the 19th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Rhode Island. Browse more public-domain art from Rhode Island.
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Made available through the Art Institute of Chicago open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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