08-14-201608-14-2016
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 14, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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Needlework Sampler "Susanah Fox,"

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$4,920$4,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2922MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 14, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Needlework Sampler "Susanah Fox," Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1749, worked in silk threads on a linen background composed of nine lines of alphabet and numbers over "Susanah Fox Her Sampler Made/In The 12 Year of Her Age 1749" and additional lines of verse, lines divided by flowers, and foliate devices, strawberry border at bottom edge, in a molded black frame, (fading),ht. 14, wd. 7 in.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

Small areas of staining.


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