Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Oval brass form surrounding scene made of hair, depicting tomb monument topped by urn and inscribed: "Triste souvenir d'une soeur cherie." ("Sad Memory of a Cherished Sister") Tomb flanked by tufts of grass with a weeping willow tree behind, all under a domed glass cover. Mounted in blue-green velvet-covered oval case, interior covered in grey-green velvet.
- Credit Line
- From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper
- ca. 1810
- Accession Number
- 1957-165-10
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- miniatures
- Decorative Arts
- Mourning picture
- Medium
- Hair, cardboard, brass, velvet, glass
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (closed): 3.3 x 10 x 11.5 cm (1 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
- H x W x D (open): 3.3 x 10 x 23.4 cm (1 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
- made in
- England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1957-165-10
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47e975f58-9b48-4103-b737-b9fea8c4176f
