Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2431Location: BostonDate / Time: November 01, 2008 3:00PM
Description:
Needlework Sampler, "Lydia Blackwell Aged 8 Years 1802," America, the sampler worked in silk threads on a linen ground with central reserve of rows of alphabets and geometric borders and animal and flower motifs, flanked by meandering vines, birds , flowers, and trees, (small losses, toning),14 x 11 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500
About four small areas on reserve border with thread losses, thread and background losses at "Ye" area of "Years,"