Sold for:
$369
$369
Needlework Sampler, "Emily March Aged 12 Years Finished May 1844," worked in silk threads on a wool gauze ground, depicting rows of alphabets over a basket of flowers, a pious verse, and Emily's signature reserve, flanked by butterflies, trees, a beehive, a caged bird, and potted flowering plants, enclosed in a geometric flower border, (scattered losses to background fabric, toning, fading), 16 1/2 x 13 in. , in a later molded wood frame.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-03-13
