11-01-200811-02-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2431Boston
November 1, 2008 03:00 PMCalender
873

Needlework Sampler

Sell one like this
$533$450
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2431Location: BostonDate / Time: November 01, 2008 3:00PM

Description:

Needlework Sampler, late 18th/early 19th century, pieced sampler worked in silk threads on a gauze ground, with a pious verse section applied above a central reserve stitched with a horse, dog, stag, and a bird in a tree with assorted flowers and trees and the initials "AJ," enclosed by an applied border of geometric flowering vines, (toning, minor old small gauze repairs),15 1/2 x 13 in.
Estimate $300-500