Sold for:
$593
$593
Needlework Sampler, "Caroline Riggs' Work Aged 7 Years," worked in silk threads on a loosely woven linen ground stitched with numerous motifs including a row of alphabets, potted flowering plant, a tree with alphabet letter "fruit," a man, lady with parasol, dog, peacock, house with fence and tree, birds, and butterflies, enclosed in sawtooth and geometric strawberry vine borders, (fraying, toning, fading), 15 x 18 in. , in a mahogany veneer frame. Two frayed areasto background about 1 in. and 1/4 in. in size, overall light brownish toning with several small darker spots.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
