11-04-200611-05-2006
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2337Boston
November 4, 2006 03:00 PMCalender
470

Large Pictorial Needlework Sampler

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$4,994$4,250
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2337Location: BostonDate / Time: November 04, 2006 3:00PM

Description:

Large Pictorial Needlework Sampler, signed "Louisa Lamberts 1831," multicolored silk threads on a linen ground with central rectangular panel with cornucopiae, urn of flowers, and a large house, flanked by flowers, deer, an anchor, birds, butterflies, fruiting trees, a female figure, two other buildings, and several monograms, likely members of Louisa's family, with sawtooth and geometric floral and strawberry borders, (imperfections),sight size 24 1/2 x 16 1/4 in., in a molded giltwood frame.
Estimate $2,000-4,000