Sold for:
$385
$385
Needlework Sampler, "Charlotte Cole Ended this Sampler in the Tenth Year of Her Age One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Five," stitched with wool and silk threads on a linen ground, with rows of alphabets over the mottos "Let Virtue Be thy Guide" and "Be a Lover of Ingenious Pain/for Itts the Labouring Hand That Doth the Penny Gain," over a border of birds and flowers, (minor fading, toning, and stitch losses), 16 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. , in a later molded giltwood frame.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
