The needlework depicts two women in mourning under a willow tree flanking an urn top monument with a child dancing, a pond and two cedar trees with sprigs of grass in the foreground. The entire scene executed in fine needlework with the faces, arms and sky in painted silk. The monument "Sacred to the Memory or the Illustrious Washington". The needlework framed in a black eglomise oval glass and typical gilt frame. An identical example is illustrated in "American Folk Art" in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, color plate 9. PROVENANCE: Joe Kindig Antiques. Item Dimensions: Frame: 21 - 1/2" x 24". Name Value Artist Title Created Medium Signature Frame Paperwork Work Size Condition
The needlework depicts two women in mourning under a willow tree flanking an urn top monument with a child dancing, a pond and two cedar trees with sprigs of grass in the foreground. The entire scene executed in fine needlework with the faces, arms and sky in painted silk. The monument "Sacred to the Memory or the Illustrious Washington". The needlework framed in a black eglomise oval glass and typical gilt frame. An identical example is illustrated in "American Folk Art" in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, color plate 9. PROVENANCE: Joe Kindig Antiques. Item Dimensions: Frame: 21 - 1/2" x 24". Name Value Artist Title Created Medium Signature Frame Paperwork Work Size Condition
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