A silk on silk mourning embroidery featuring a woman dressed in neo classical gown with added headcovering standing by an urn-topped monument beneath overarching branches of a willow tree. The woman leans upon the monument and covers her face with a handkerchief as if weeping. The monument has a square top, concave sides and a square base. The monument's reserves have no inscriptions or dedications to departed family or friends. The urn situated on top has a fluted based and swagged drapery. The tree to the right of the figure (left of viewer) arches overtop the woman, monument and urn with long, densly worked leaves. Three small evergreen trees are to the viewer's right and thick shrubbery is worked on either side of the scene. Below the monument, the ground is flat and multicolored, with a few shrubs or flowers found just at the foot of the plinth of the memorial. The scene is contained within an oval formed by a single outlining black chenille thread. The ground is a lustrous silk satin and has been turned under around the embroidery leaving about 1" beyond the embroidered black border line. The woman's clothing is worked in cream and taupe silk in flat stitches. Her hands, neck and face are painted, although her features are hidden behind the handkerchief. The paint appears thick and opaque, the workmanship average. The monument is worked in flat stitches, with care taken to shade the sides and give contour. The urn is worked in blues and grays, also flat. The three leaves are worked in dark blue-green, dark green, medium green, and light yellow-green. Knotted stitches in dark and light greens give texture to the three evergreen trees, and light variations of green and white form the bushes. The ground before the monument is covered in chenille threads of various shades of green, brown, and gold. Displayed in reproduction gilded frame with reproduction eglomise mat.