Mourning sampler, Medium: silk, metal thread, paper Technique: painted silks, silk threads and metal threads laid on parchment or paper with wax, Bishop and two angels looking down from the clouds to bless an Italian town that is on a river by the sea. The angels and the bishop's hands and face were painted on paper which was then cut out and pasted on the picture. Details of the town were painted in by brush. Uncounted stitches., late 17th-early 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Mourning sampler