08-14-200508-14-2005
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2282
August 14, 2005 10:00 AMCalender
522

Needlework Sampler

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$441$375
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2282Location: BoltonDate / Time: August 14, 2005 10:00AM

Description:

Needlework Sampler, England or America, 1806, the sampler done with silk threads on a linen ground with rows of alphabets above a pious verse, a building with a fence, flanked by trees, birds, and a butterfly over three bowls filled with flowers and fruit and stitched lettering reading "Sarah Birch her Work Finished April the 24th 1806," enclosed in a flowering zig-zag vine border (toning, scattered losses),16 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.
Estimate $400-600

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United Kingdom