Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2322Location: BostonDate / Time: June 04, 2006 11:00AM
Description:
Needlework Sampler, executed by "Lucia Carpenter, AE 12 Years Strafford Nov 2 1822," probably New Hampshire, silk threads on a linen ground with seven rows of alphabets and numbers over signature row, lower register stitched with two houses, a weeping willow tree, fence, trees and shrubs, and a birdhouse on a post, enclosed on three sides with a diamond border, (toning, fading),17 1/2 x 12 3/4 in., in an early 20th century mahogany veneer frame.
Estimate $1,500-2,500