Picture, Needlework

Object Name:

Picture, Needlework

Object ID:

1966.075.01

Place of Origin:

Denholm, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Date:

1870-1875

Description:

Needlework Picture. Mourning the Turnbull family. Berlin (merino) wool yarns worked on punched card stock. Image of a large memorial tablet topped by an urn-like finial and flanked by weeping willows at the top and more generic trees at the bottom. The tablet bears the inscription: "IN MEMORY OF / Jane Shiel Wife of John Turnbull / Who Died on the 25 of November / 1865 Aged 42 Years / Also / William Turnbull who died on the / 29 of August 1849 Aged 3 Years / Also / Mary Turnbull who died on the 21 of / April 1862 Aged 18 1/2 Years / Also / Margaret Turnbull who died on the / 21 of June 1862 Aged 1 1/2 Year / Also / Betsy Turnbull who died on the 7 of / November 1869 Aged 19 1/2 Years." Below this register is the verse, "Kind angel watch thy sleeping dust / Till Jesus come to wake the just / And then they wake with sweet reprise / And in his glorious image rise." (The "s" letters are generally worked backwards.) The memorial tablet is worked in pale lavender, gray and cream--the colors of mourning. The trees and grassy plot at the bottom are worked in brown and bright green. The embroidery is very long surface satin stitches, except for the tree leaves, which are shorter straight stitches.

Material:

Textile
Paper
Wool

Dimensions:

H-20 W-16.25 inches

Provenance:

Bought by the donor at Ed Stearns' Auction Barn, Rindge, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Louise H. Taylor

People:

Shiel, Jane, Turnbull, John, Turnbull, William, Turnbull, Mary, Turnbull, Margaret, Turnbull, Betsy