Sold for:
$1,200
$1,200
Needlework Sampler, "Phebe M. Harris's work done at Sarah and Naomi Reynold's School," the sampler worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with a pendant strawberry vine enclosing a verse entitled "Simile," and signature stitches flanked by potted plants, bowls of fruit, a fruiting tree, and birds, (toning, slight fading, scattered light stains), 16 x 16 in., in a molded curly maple frame. Provenance: Ex collection of Robert Roche. toning, slight fading, scattered light stains, stitches good with no losses, some fading, no holes.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-02-19
