Sell one like this
$948$800
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2482Location: BostonDate / Time: November 08, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Crewelwork Picture Fragment, probably America, late 18th/early 19th century, worked in wool yarns on a linen ground, with a large fruiting tree at the center with surrounded by flowers, trees, birds, butterflies and animals, (losses, toning),approx. 18 1/2 x 26 in., in a contemporary wood veneer frame.
Estimate $400-600
The fragment is loosesly stitched to a conservation fabric base, scattered losses to background, and a few areas of stitches, on the little hills of the foreground, many losses around around edges.