Sold for:
$5,700
$5,700
Schoolgirl Stitched Painted Fabric and Leather "Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe," possibly made at the Litchfield Academy, Litchfield, Connecticut, 19th century, small red leather shoe with blue silk trim filled with eleven small carved and painted wood figures, dressed with hand-stitched fabric costumes, depicting the old woman and her ten children, including one falling out of the toe of the shoe, accompanied by a small cabinet card depicting the reported maker, "Betsy Brace wife of Abel Brace (born Elizabeth Doase)," who is reported to have attended the Litchfield Academy, ht. 2 1/2, lg. 6 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28
