Sold for:
$444
$444
Needlework Sampler, "Wrought by CS Parkman AE 7 years Westborough May 7th 1807," probably Westborough, Massachusetts, small sampler worked in silk threads on a green linsey-woolsey ground, enclosed in a sawtooth border, (losses to background), 8 x 9 in. , in a later painted molded wood frame. About seven areas where the background fabric is frayed and with losses, the largest is at the center about a 1 1/2 in. dia. area. The work is backed with similarly colored fabric so the losses aren't very noticeable.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-03-15
