Sold for:
$533
$533
Needlework Sampler, "Lydia Blackwell Aged 8 Years 1802," America, the sampler worked in silk threads on a linen ground with central reserve of rows of alphabets and geometric borders and animal and flower motifs, flanked by meandering vines, birds , flowers, and trees, (small losses, toning), 14 x 11 1/2 in. About four small areas on reserve border with thread losses, thread and background losses at "Ye" area of "Years,"
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-11-01
