Needlework Sampler

Description:

Needlework Sampler, "Caroline Galbreath 1835," worked in multicolored silk threads on a linen ground, depicting potted flowers, birds and trees, a figure of a woman, and an inspirational verse "Tis education forms the common mind/Just as twig is bent the tree's inclin'd" surrounded by a flowering vine, (small loss, fading, toning),17 1/4 x 16 7/8 in., framed.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

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