Memorial to George Torrey
Artist: Unknown
Date: about 1815
Dimensions:
Sampler (Oval): 16 1/4 × 14 in. (41.3 x 35.6 cm)
Frame: 17 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (43.8 × 48.9 cm)
Medium: silk and watercolor on silk
Place of Origin: Scituate, Massachusetts
Classification: Textiles and Fiber
Credit Line: Dorothy Chandler Fund for 19th century American Art
Object number: 2022.54
DescriptionSilk embroidered with silk threads depicting a mourning motif. Female figure at a memorial in a landscape scene. Areas of the silk are painted. A paper label with ink and type face has been added to the memorial with adhesive.
Not on view