Digital Commonwealth — Historic New England
Needlework Picture
Fowler, Clarissa, 1802-1873 · 1816
Silk mourning picture. Two women in white dresses and black shawls lean on either side of a memorial with urn on top. The figures, the background, and the ducks in a pond in the foreground are all painted in watercolor. The trees, foliage and memorial are embroidered. Stitches used: satin stitch, long and short satin stitch. Framed in a gilt wooden frame with reverse painted glass.
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