O.R. (daughter of Olive Reed)
Mourning Embroidery Dedicated to Mrs. Olive Reed
1799
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O.R. (daughter of Olive Reed)
Mourning Embroidery Dedicated to Mrs. Olive Reed
1799
Physical Qualities
Silk ground, silk embroidery threads, paint, 13 5/8 x 10 in. (34.6 x 25.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Donald Houghton Hooker, Baltimore, in Memory of her Mother, Mrs. James D. Harrison
Object Number
1985.109
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1985; Mrs. Donald Houghton Hooker, Baltimore, MD.
Anita Jones, BMA, 'The Accomplished Stitch: American Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection,' 5/11-7/20/97, no. 25.
Anita Jones, Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Jean and Allan Berman Textile Gallery, "Mournful Maidens: Love and Loss in American Embroidery," (September 9, 2009-February 21, 2010), no catalog.
Anita Jones, Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Jean and Allan Berman Textile Gallery, "Mournful Maidens: Love and Loss in American Embroidery," (September 9, 2009-February 21, 2010), no catalog.
Inscribed: [Inscription In ink with embroidery over:] "SACRED/ TO THE MEMY/ OF/ MRS OLIVE REED/ Obet April 22/ 1790/ AE 27/ By her daugh/ O.R."
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O.R. (daughter of Olive Reed)
1789–1814
American, dates unknown
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