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Auction: Sale #2230 - 2230Location: BostonDate / Time: February 22, 2004 11:00AM
Description:
Silk Needlework Memorial, Mary Balch School, Providence, Rhode Island, c. 1802-09, wrought by Eliza B. Padelford in memory of Miss Jane Macomber (died 1801),Phillip Padelford (died 1892),Phillip R. H. Padelford (died 1793),and Judith Macomber (died 1770); the stylized design features cascading willow trees over four memorial sarcophagi, each one identifying the family member with a silk inscription including age and date of death; the silk yarns are in shades of green, gold, tan, and black on a cream-colored silk ground, (background restored, reframed),ht. 21, wd. 27 in.
Ex collection: Sue Swan, former textile curator , The Henry F. DuPont Winterthur Museum.
Estimate $8,000-12,000
Keywords
Silk Needlework Memorial, Needlework Memorial, Eliza B. Padelford, Jane Macomber, Judith Macomber, Mary Balch School, family member , Phillip Padelford, Phillip R. H. Padelford, Rhode Island, Sue Swan, textile curator , curator , The Henry F. DuPont Winterthur MuseumLots in this sale
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907) THE LIFE OF A HUNTER. "A Tight Fix."
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$44,063$37,500