$1,007
Small Needlework Sampler, "Asenath Abbot of Billerica aged 11 y. Wrought this 1812," stitched with silk threads on a linen ground with a house flanked by trees over rows of alphabets, trees, flowers, and geometric shapes, enclosed on three sides with a sawtooth border, (toning, fading), 15 x 6 in., in a later wood frame. Note: Asenath Abbot was the seventh of eight children born to Nathan and Mary (Wilson) Abbot of Billerica, Massachusetts. She was born on June 17th, 1801.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-03-04