Sold for:
$948
$948
Silk Needlework and Watercolor Picture, Nancy Deanne, England or America, first quarter 19th century, titled STONEBYRES. THE SEAT of DANIEL VERE ESQR. , the artist "N. Deanne" and title inscribed on eglomise mat, executed with silk threads and watercolor on a silk ground, (toning, minor foxing, small eglomise losses), sight size 14 x 18 1/2 in., in original molded giltwood frame. Note: The backboard is inscribed "Picture worked with the needle and painted by Nancy Deane. Presented by her to her grand niece Abby W. Deane 1850-1860. The scene [reportedly] depicts the oldest inhabited house in the town of Lanark, in central Scotland.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-07
