Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2308Location: BostonDate / Time: February 19, 2006 11:00AM
Description:
Needlework Picture of a Soldier and a Young Lady, "Mary Ann Johnson 16 March 1824," silk threads on a finely woven linen ground, depicting a soldier examining his sword, wearing a pink coat and white trousers, and a lady wearing a white dress and a fanciful hair ornament, stitched facial features, flanked by stylized flowers, (toning, stains sight size 9 5/8 x 13 3/4 in., in a period molded bird's-eye maple frame with gilt liner.
Estimate $800-1,200
all over toning, dark oxidation areas around soldiers hat, around lettering and edges, stitches and background stable, threads bright.