Browse Items (36 total)

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  Mourning Quilt, circa 1882

  Mourning quilt made by Elizabeth H. Bates Durrett (1831-1889) who lost one daughter, Florence Montgomery Durrett (1863-1869) at age six and a second daughter, Lily Bates Durrett (1859-1881) at the age of 21. The mourning quilt was made using material from her daughters' clothing.
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  Memorial Ribbon for Prince Albert (1819-1861)

  Silk ribbon memorializing the death of H.R.H. The Late Prince Consort. "The Earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. The world and they that dwell therein." Contains images of Beatrice, Helena, Louisa, Victoria and Alice. "Coventry, 1863."
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  Cora Owens Hume (1848-1939)

  Cora Owens Hume (1848-1939) dressed in deep mourning following the death of her second husband in 1881. The tightly cinched waist, large bustle, and tablier, or apron style, overskirt on her dress are unique to the fashions of the 1880s. Cora was from a pro-Confederate, slave-owning family that moved from Columbus, Kentucky, to Louisville after the Civil War began. Cora married her first husband Edward J. Pope, an ex-Confederate, in 1869. Their infant son died later that year and Edward succumbed to tuberculosis in 1871. Cora was a widow at the age of 23. She married her second husband, William Garvin Hume (b. 1845), in 1874. They had three children between the ages of one and six when William died from tuberculosis in 1881, at the age of 35.
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  Mourning Fan

  Black silk fan with carved guards, most likely part of a mourning ensemble.
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  Mourning Gloves

  Black net fingerless gloves with elastic wrist and tassels. Most likely part of a mourning ensemble.
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  Mourning Parasol

  Black and grey silk parasol, most likely part of a mourning ensemble. Belonged to Mrs. Zack Phelps (Amy Kaye) b. 1862, d. 1901
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  Mourning Sleeves

  Black crepe detachable sleeves with netted lace cuffs. Most likely worn with a black crepe bodice as part of a mourning ensemble.
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  Velvet Mourning Bonnet

  Black velvet bonnet, most likely worn as part of a mourning ensemble.
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  Straw Mourning Bonnet

  Black straw bonnet with black silk ties and purple crepe embellishment. Most likely worn as part of a mourning ensemble, belonged to member of the Greene family.
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  Mourning Brooch with Hair

  Mourning brooch containing hair of a member of the Miller-Bohannan-Bullitt family.
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  Mourning Brooch with Hair

  Mourning brooch with gold lettering "In memory of." Contains hair of members of Bohannan-Miller-Bullitt families
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  Mourning Brooch with Hair

  Mourning brooch containing the hair of the Miller-Bohannan-Bullitt families. Belonged to Emily Miller Bohannan after 1836; from Thomas Bohannan. Might be for one of the seven children she lost.
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  Mourning Pendant with Photograph and Hair

  Pendant made to mourn Lewis Rogers (1870-1876) son of Dr. Coleman Rogers (1847-1916). Photograph on one side and lock of hair in the side. Lewis Rogers died at 7 years of age, after fighting scarlet fever for 4 days.
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  Mourning Necklace Made of Hair and Gold

  From the Spalding Colman estate. Possibly from Coleman, Tyler, Robinson, or Gwathmey family.
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  Mourning Pendant Made of Hair and Gold

  Cross pendant inscribed with the letter "L". From the Spalding Colman estate. Possibly from Coleman, Tyler, Robinson, or Gwathmey family.
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  Mourning Pendant Made of Hair and Gold

  Partial cross pendant inscribed with the letter "T". From the Spalding Colman estate. Possibly from Coleman, Tyler, Robinson, or Gwathmey family.
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  Mourning Pendant with Photograph and Hair

  Locket made of jet or imitation jet that opens and has a tinted photograph of an unidentified young girl on side and a lock of hair on the other side.
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  Bullitt Family Mourning Bracelet

  Mourning Bracelet made of twisted gold wire, copper pearl, and hair of Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816). Less than 2" in diameter. Inscribed "ASB". Bracelets in memory of Alexander Scott Bullitt and his wife Pricilla Christian Bullitt, who settled 1200 acres known as Oxmoor, in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
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  Bullitt Family Mourning Bracelet

  Mourning Bracelet made of twisted gold wire, copper pearl, and hair of Priscillia Christian Bullitt (1770-1806). Less than 2" in diameter. Inscribed "PCB". Bracelets in memory of Alexander Scott Bullitt and his wife Pricilla Christian Bullitt, who settled 1200 acres known as Oxmoor, in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
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  Carved Jet Cross Necklace

  Large jet cross with floral relief and linked chain. Worn by Elizabeth H. Bates Durrett (1831-1889), who lost one daughter, Florence Montgomery Durrett (1863-1869) at age six and a second daughter, Lily Bates Durrett (1859-1881) at the age of 21. Elizabeth also made a mourning quilt using material from her daughters' clothing. See also miniature of Lily.