$356
Needlework Family Record Sampler, probably New York, early 19th century, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground, with rows of alphabets above the vital statistics of Isaac Lake and Margaret Robins and their six children, surrounded by a geometric flowering vine, (toning, fading, stitch losses), 18 x 16 1/2 in. , in a bird's-eye maple veneer frame. Note: Genealogy records indicate Isaac Lake was born in May of 1805 and is buried in the Hillside Cemetery on Staen Island. He married Margaret Robins on November 20, 1824, together they had nine children, six of their names are stitched on this sampler. Upper border flowers with fading of color, a few dark brown stains to floral border, some stitch losses to lettering.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-03-04
