$1,896
Needlework Sampler and Pieced Cotton Friendship Quilt, America, 19th century, the sampler wrought by Hannah Leeds in 1824 when she was twelve years old, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with a pious verse encircled by flowers, birds, and baskets of fruit above a house flanked by trees and surrounded by a strawberry vine, (light toning and stains), 17 3/4 x 19 in. , in a mahogany veneer frame; accompanied by a pieced printed calico cotton geometric pattern friendship quilt, stitched in part and signed and dated on one square in ink by Hannah Leeds in 1856, (two tears, minor stains), 84 x 95 in. Provenance: By family descent. Sampler- light toning and fading, scattered light brown spots; Quilt- two small squares have a tear, some light toning and light stains-more prevalent on the reverse, appears to be in unwashed condition.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-06-07
