$444
Needlework Sampler, "Patience Curling Finishe'd 1821," probably England, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, depicting rows of alphabets over a bible verse (Proverbs 31:30), over a pious verse and several small decorative motifs including flowers, birds, trees, bowls of fruit, insects, and a lion wearing a crown, enclosed in a leafy vine border, (toning), 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. , in a period molded bird's-eye maple frame.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-07