Sold for:
$185
$185
Needlework Sampler, "Louisa Lesty Aged 14 Christ Church British School," probably early 19th century, executed in silk threads on a linen ground, with four panels depicting birds and a potted flowering plant, a pious verse with flowering vine, a basket of fruit, and a fruiting tree, above a large oak tree flanked by birds and stags, a small house and church, enclosed in a flowering vine, (minor losses to edges of background fabric, toning, light stains), 17 x 12 1/2 in. , in a later frame.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-15
