Memorial to Metcalf and Samuel Bowler
Miss Balch's Boarding and Day School|Amy Harris Bowler
ca. 1800 · Silk embroidered with chenille and silk threads · The American Wing
This memorial is typical of those worked at Mary Balch’s School in the early nineteenth century. The silken willow leaves were skillfully shaded to create a shimmering effect, and the inscriptions were embroidered in the finest black silk. It was likely executed by Amy Harris Bowler in memory of her grandfather, Metcalf, and father, Samuel.
- Artist
- Miss Balch's Boarding and Day School|Amy Harris Bowler
- Date
- ca. 1800
- Medium
- Silk embroidered with chenille and silk threads
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1941
