$830
Needlework Sampler, "Susan Delano, Stowe, Vermont, Made by a Tamil girl," the sampler was stitched by a girl whose parents were missionaries in Ceylon, (now Sri Lanka), and later moved to Stowe, Vermont, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground with rows of English and Ceylon alphabets, also stitched "1855 Oodoo Pitty/Jaffna Ceylon," which was Susan's Ceylonese name; the "made by a Tamil girl" phrase refers to the Tamil Indians, a native ethnic group in northern Ceylon, 11 1/2 x 12 in., in a mahogany veneer frame. Exhibitions: Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York, By a Child's Hand Wrought: American Folk Art by Children, October 20-November 30, 1979; The Bennington Museum, The First Effort of My Infant Hand: Early Vermont Samplers, June 1997-November 1997.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
