AMERICAN SILK-EMBROIDERED MEMORIAL, silk and ink on silk, depicting a grieving woman with drawn head and arm in an Empire-style dress, leaning over a memorial topped by a funerary urn and inscribed "TO / The MEMORY of / My BELOVED / PARENTS", surrounded by foliage with a willow tree to the left-hand side and draping over the scene, oval frame of sequins encompasses the vignette. Housed under glass in a period, possibly original, wood frame with pinstripe inlaid decoration. First half 19th century. 10 1/2" x 13 1/2" sight, 12 1/2" x 15 1/2" OA.


Catalogue Note: According consignor, purchased from Green Valley Auctions in the 1980s with local provenance, but records and provenance have since been lost.

Good visual condition with overall toning, silk with scattered holes, thread with some fading/fugitive color, scattered breaks and losses notably to tree leaves and memorial, sequins with darkening and a couple of losses, frame with some wear, surface scratches, a few flakes/chips along edges, and slight separation at corners. Not examined out of frame.