Sold for:
$1,185
$1,185
Needlework Sampler, "Frances Miller's sampler done in 1831," possibly Strasburg, Pennsylvania, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground, with a small floral-border reserve stitched "My parents David & Mary Miller," surrounded by flower sprigs, strawberries, and a basket of flowers over panels of pious verses flanking the name and probable town: "Harriet Miller Strasburg," enclosed on three sides with a geometric flowering vine, edged with red silk, (toning, light staining, fading), 17 3/4 x 19 in. , in a period flame mahogany veneer frame.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
