Sold for:
$8,813
$8,813
Needlework Sampler, "Lydia Gordon born December 11 1786 This Wrought In the Year 1797," wrought with silk threads on a linen ground with rows of alphabets over signature rows and a verse "When wild ambition the heart we find/Farewel Content and Quiet of the mind," lower cross and Irish stitched panel featuring several birds, flowers, baskets of fruit and animals, bordered on three sides with sawtooth and geometric floral bands, (toning, fading), 22 3/4 x 16 7/8 in. , framed.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-06
