Lot 580
  • 580

Embroidered and Painted Silk 'Printwork' Mourning Picture: In Memory of Cyrus and Betsey Northrop, Anonymous, Litchfield, Connecticut, circa 1805

Estimate
600 - 800 USD
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Description

  • Height 13 1/2 in. by width 17 1/4 in.
Worked with black silk on a silk ground.

Condition

Splits and strain; in what appears to be the original frame and glass mat.
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