3 Samplers, incl. Connecticut, Pennsylvania
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Description
Three (3) samplers, most likely American, including Connecticut and Pennsylvania, all silk on linen. 1st item: Lydia G. Satterlee Connecticut needlework sampler containing 3 alphabets and numbers, her initials, heart motif, name, and birthdate of November 8, 1798, over pictorial motifs of a figure feeding ducks and a tall plant or tree and the initials LGA lower right. Features cross, eyelet, and box stitches. Housed in an ebonized wood frame. Sight: 9 1/2" H x 7" W. Framed: 12" H x 10" W. 2nd item: Martha Jane Bard 1834 sampler with 4 cross-stitched alphabets divided by geometric bands, over signature, and date. No border visible (maybe under mat). Housed in a molded wood frame. Sight: 17" H x 8" W. Framed: 23" H x 14" W. Likely Martha Jane Bard Breckenridge Quigley, b. 1821, Pennsylvania. 3rd item: Small cross-stitched square depicting a strawberry plant with yellow blossom. Unsigned. Float mounted in a wide giltwood cove molded frame with ebonized outer edge. Inscription en verso "Coulter family, Phila, PA". Sight: 4" H x 5" W. Framed: 13" H x 12" W.
The Estate of Patricia Kiegel, Nashville, Tennessee.
The Estate of Patricia Kiegel, Nashville, Tennessee.
Condition
All with some fading and in later frames, under glass, unless otherwise noted. Lydia Satterlee sampler: Some scattered staining and overall discoloration to ground. Possibly unfinished. Martha Jane Bard sampler: Small stain upper left corner, otherwise very good. Strawberry needlework: Discoloration, minimal fading, overall very good condition.
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3 Samplers, incl. Connecticut, Pennsylvania
Estimate $400 - $500
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