Mourning Needlework for Hannah Talbot

Description:

Mourning Needlework for Hannah Talbot, Mary Talbot, Balch School, Providence, Rhode Island, late 18th/early 19th century, designed as a willow tree above an urn-topped memorial to the deceased Hannah Talbot (d. March 24, 1795, at age 20),in an ebonized and gilt eglomise mat inscribed along the lower edge "Wrought by Mary Talbot," in a gilt frame with ropetwist carving, overall 12 3/4 x 17 in.

Literature: For similar mourning pieces, see Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroidery, Volume I, pp. 186-87, figs. 213-214.

Provenance: Northeast Auctions, August 8, 2010, Lot 837.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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