03-04-201203-04-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2585BBoston
March 4, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
584

Needlework Sampler

Sell one like this
$385$325
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2585BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 04, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

Needlework Sampler, "Emily Cone Aged 12 Years 1837," England, worked in silk threads on a linen/wool ground with a large house flanked by trees, flowers, and birds over a pious verse, with three borders depicting crowns, urns, flowers, and baskets of fruit, birds, potted plants, and flowering vegetation, enclosed in a geometric flowering vine, (minor losses to background fabric, minor toning and fading),17 x 12 1/4 in., in a later wood frame.
Estimate $200-300

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United Kingdom