Sold for:
$237
$237
Needlework Sampler, "Elizabeth Johnson 1801," reportedly Hancock, New Hampshire, stitched with silk threads and wool yarns on a linen ground, with rows of alphabets over a verse "go to the ant thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise," over a house flanked by potted flowering plants, with a floral border, 14 1 4/ x 10 1/4 in. , in a period molded bird's-eye maple frame. Some threads and thread losses enhanced with color, fading, toning.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-07-19
