$10,575
Needlework Sampler, "Mary Austin April 27, 1814/11 years of age," probably Philadelphia, silk threads on woven wool ground showing butterflies and floral sprigs flanking a bowknotted floral bouquet over an oval with floral border surrounding a pious verse, above a basket of grapes flanked by potted flowering plants, the whole enclosed by a flowering vine, (scattered background losses), 17 x 12 1/2 in. , framed.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-11-07