02-22-200402-22-2004
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2230Boston
February 22, 2004 11:00 AMCalender
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Embroidered and Painted Silk Pictorial Needlework

Sell one like this
$382$325
Auction: Sale #2230 - 2230Location: BostonDate / Time: February 22, 2004 11:00AM

Description:

Embroidered and Painted Silk Pictorial Needlework, probably America, late 18th/early 19th century, silk threads on a silk ground, the needlework showing a pensive young woman seated beneath a tree with her dog at her side and distant mountains, painted face, hands, and background, in an oval black and gilt eglomise mat, (toning),aperture dia. 9 in., in a gilt gesso frame.
Estimate $300-500