Wonderful Silk Needlework Smith Family of Philadelphia

This truly beautiful silk embroidery picture of a country landscape with figures and buildings came from the Rev. William Smith family of Philadelphia. It is 19 1/2" x 15 1/2" in original gold leaf fr

Philadelphia, dated 1795, design and paintwork attributed to Samuel Folwell (1770-1824), wrought by A. Sybella Lushett, polychrome decorated spandrel inscribed "A. Sybella Lushett, Her Work, August 6t

Including an engraving of Rev. William Smith, D.D., invited by Ben Franklin to be the first Provost of Academy of Philadelphia, which, in 1779, became the University of Pennsylvania. He was later an o

English silk needlework of a family scene with child holding a toy horse, 19th c.; together with another silkwork. 9" x 6" ss / 14.5" x 12.5" oa 7.25" x 6.25" ss / 14.5" 11.25" oa

very rare 18thC MA/CT needlework family record silk on linen sampler recording the Palmer Family of West Springfield, MA & Windham, CT - marriage, births & deaths from the earliest date 1761 to the la

WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY RECORD NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, top featuring "Family Register" above list of Rogers family names and birth dates, featuring parents John Rogers and Mary Pratt

Circa 1800 painted silk needlework pastoral scene with young family, marked Rebecah Brooke, age 11 years. 17" x 25".

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER by Philadelphia Smith, aged 9 years, dated 1813, worked depicting Buckingham Palace as the QUEEN'S PALACE, with animals, flowers and birds. Frame 38.3cm by 33.5cm

Philadelphia School. Silk on Linen. Needlework Pictorial Sampler worked by "Jane Campbell Her work done in the 13 year of age 1802". Having a repeating, trailing floral border, a poem upper right read

American (probably Massachusetts), dated 1817. With silk, a detailed house with chimneys billowing smoke, flanked by trees. Exceptional floral vine embroidery border is centered at the top with swags.

Silk on linen. Floral border and trees, verse and "Wrought by Caroline C. Howe Aged 14 years 1835". Lists birth, marriage and death dates for her parents Amasa and Mary Howe and their eight children i

North Shore, MA. Silk on linen ground, wide running floral border, Churchill Births, Deaths and Marriage Records 1797-1831. 17 x 17 inches

Probably European, 19th century, silk, wool and cotton on cloth. Nicely detailed image of the three Wise Men and the Holy Family in a manger outside Bethlehem. Painted cloth background and facial deta

Two peasant country life scenes, embroidered silk on silk background. 1. Family with children and dog. 2. Shepherd young man playing flute, with dog. Antique frames. English or American, 1st Half 19th

Depicting a figure standing on a cliff overlooking Marblehead, Massachusetts Harbor with anchored boats, note of provenance, "Purchased from Adalaine Osborn, old Marblehead family", 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in

Probably American, early 19th century, silk and watercolor on silk. Hector leaving his family at the siege of Troy. Good colors. Tears in sky area, cracked glass. Framed, 16.25"h. 14.75"w.

Depicting a farmer's family in bucolic English landscape under eglomise glass in molded gilt frame. 25 1/2" x 22"

Tree of Life Sampler w/ Verse & Family Register -silk on linen needlework with 5 lines ABCs & numbers, followed by family names and dates of birth, 4 lines of verse, 3 more lines of family names and d

Fine silk needlework with woolwork details and painted facial details. Background of idyllic country family. Dimensions: Frame: H 23" x W 28.25" Sight: H 18" x W 23.5" Condition: A few spots of foxing

Pencil and ink on paper, profile portrait of a distinguished gentleman. Reverse reads, from the collection of CJ and ML Larson, from a Philadelphia family. Attributed to Raphaelle Peale. Paper 3.25&#8

Fabulous embroidery on silk depicting a mother handing her daughter wild flowers with leashed dog by a tree, sheep, ducks and the 18th century Philadelphia skyline in the background, initialed and ins

A Needlework Embroidered Family Record, Wrought by Alsa Gale Bowers Bristol, Connecticut, Circa 1821 silk thread on linen ground. identified Alsa G. Bowers aged 12 yrs Bristol 1821, with variant verse

This American or English early 1800s embroidered picture of a vase of flowers in a gold frame is a wonderful and very decorative example of early school needlework. Note: there are some slightly darke

1839 Needlework Sampler Denison B Williams Family Register - silk on homespun linen, listing of parents and eight children in center square bordered by vined leaves and flowers, no holes, tears or sta