Enfilade

Elizabeth K. Bennett, Mourning Picture, 1801–07, polychrome silk embroidery, metallic threads, gouache and watercolor paints, plain-weave silk ground (Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, gift of Miss Jane W. Stone, 1938.236).

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Upcoming at the Wadsworth Atheneum:

Ned Lazaro | The Mourning Embroidery of Elizabeth K. Bennett
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, 8 September 2024, 1pm

Needlework was an important part of a young girl’s education in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America. Mourning embroideries often depicted figures overcome with sadness and weeping willow trees. Ned Lazaro, Associate Curator of Costume and Textiles, discusses the ongoing significance of a particular example. Free with museum admission.