Sold for:
$748
$748
Needlework Sampler in a Folk Art Carved and Red-Painted Wooden Frame, "Betsey Gardner aged 10 1831," alphabet and verse sampler on linen ground, stitched to an early 20th century entertainment broadside, the frame with stylized scrolled crest and pediment centered with a flower on a textured ground, the sides decorated with three ivy leaves, (imperfections), 21 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. Provenance: From the collection of Ed, Peg, and Scott Sawyer, western Massachusetts.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-10-28
