06-08-200806-08-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2412Boston
June 8, 2008 11:00 AMCalender
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Needlework Picture

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$3,851$3,250
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2412Location: BostonDate / Time: June 08, 2008 11:00AM

Description:

Needlework Picture, "Ann Evans aged 10 years 1845," probably England, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with central masonry building surrounded by a landscape with trees, birds, stag, and dog, enclosed on three sides with a flowering vine, (toning, small losses),13 x 19 3/4 in., in a likely original molded wood frame.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

small losses to background fabric l.r., l.l., and c.l., the frame backing has remnants of newspaper affixed to it with references to London and other British towns, the frame has many cracks around it.

Keywords

Freemasonry, United Kingdom, Ann Evans, London