$1,968
Needlework Sampler "Lucy Ruggles," possibly Massachusetts, 1810, the sampler worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with three-sided fully worked border with flowers and compotes, above rows of alphabets, a verse, and inscription "Lucy Ruggles ag'd 10/Wrought this AD 1810," (minor toning to ground, minor fading), 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. , in a black-painted frame.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-08-10