08-14-201108-14-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 14, 2011 10:00 AMCalender
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Needlework Sampler

Sell one like this
$593$500
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2558MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 14, 2011 10:00AM

Description:

Needlework Sampler, "Caroline Riggs' Work Aged 7 Years," worked in silk threads on a loosely woven linen ground stitched with numerous motifs including a row of alphabets, potted flowering plant, a tree with alphabet letter "fruit," a man, lady with parasol, dog, peacock, house with fence and tree, birds, and butterflies, enclosed in sawtooth and geometric strawberry vine borders, (fraying, toning, fading),15 x 18 in., in a mahogany veneer frame.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Two frayed areasto background about 1 in. and 1/4 in. in size, overall light brownish toning with several small darker spots.