Two Needlework Samplers

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Two Needlework Samplers, Westfield and Petersham, Massachusetts, 1827, 1825, one with silk threads on a linen ground with rows of alphabets over lettering "Catherine Weller Aged 8 Years Westfield September 1817," (toning, fading),7 1/4 x 6 1/2 in., in period red-painted and gilt gesso frame; a sampler worked in silk and linen threads on a linen ground, with rows of alphabets over a verse on industry, signed "Martha Goddard aged 10 years Petersham. August 24 1825," (light toning, stain, fading),12 x 12 in., in a period grain-painted pine frame,
Estimate $400-600

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