Miniature Needlework Sampler

Description:

Miniature Needlework Sampler, Esther Shove, Marblehead, Massachusetts, dated 1785, seven lines of white thread alphabet and numbers with the date "1785" stitched on a fine linen background, in a molded and gray-painted frame, sampler ht. 3 3/8, wd. 3 in.

Provenance: Collection of Madeline Fisher.

Note: The maker is identified in a photocopy of an old label accompanying the sampler.
Estimate $400-600


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