Sold for:
$2,952
$2,952
Needlework Sampler, Lovilla Emery, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, area, 1833, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, composed of two eagles above six rows of alphabet, with pious verse surrounded by leafy border and maker's name below, all flanked by foliate renderings, (toning, fading), 18 3/4 x 17 in. , in a later molded frame. Note: a long inscription written in 1948 on the paper backing details the Hillsboro, New Hampshire, history of this sampler.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-03-01
