Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Mourning Sampler
Smith Family · About 1815
Provenance
Ownership history
- M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, PA, by 2007 [M. Finkel & Daughter 2007, 3]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2008.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Fabric of a New Nation: American Needlework and Textiles, 1776-1840, Dec. 16, 2011-June 3, 2012,
- extended: July 12-Nov. 11, 2012.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9772/on-loss-and-absence-textiles-of-mourning-and-survival"><em>On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival</em></a>, Sept. 6, 2025–Mar. 15, 2026, cat.
Literature
Published references
- M. Finkel & Daughter, Samplings: A Selected Offering of Antique Samplers and Needlework XXXII, sale cat. (Philadelphia, PA: M. Finkel & Daughter, 2007), 3.
- Isaac Facio, Nneka Kai, L Vinebaum, and Anne Wilson, eds. On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2025), 48, fig. 5 (ill.).
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