$2,585
Framed English Needlepoint Sampler, late 17th/early 18th century, rectangular, stitched with a central shepherd and shepherdess, with biblical quotation above, flanked by flowering vine, and with motifs of animals, flowering trees, a tall ship, a Moor, and Adam and Eve, with cross stitch, flame and chain stitching, in ebonized wood frame, (not examined out of frame), sight 16 1/8 x 7 3/4, frame 18 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-10-05