02-19-200602-19-2006
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2308Boston
February 19, 2006 11:00 AMCalender
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Needlework Sampler

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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2308Location: BostonDate / Time: February 19, 2006 11:00AM

Description:

Needlework Sampler, Louisa Kilbourn, Philadelphia, c. 1814, silk threads on a linen ground, centered with a basket of fruit below a reserve containing a sorrowful verse ending indistinctly "Philadelphia June ----," surrounded by grapevines, above stitched lettering "Respectfully presented to Charles and Mary Kilbourn by their affectionate daughter Louisa Kilbourn done in her 11th year 1814," enclosed in sawtooth and undulating floral borders, (stitch losses and oxidation spots),17 1/4 x 17 3/4 in., framed.
Estimate $800-1,200

deteriorization of brown stitches in verse, borders, several words unreadable., few small spots of dark brown oxidation. in flowers and grapes

Keywords

Louisa Kilbourn, Mary Kilbourn, Philadelphia, Charles Kilbourn