02-27-201602-27-2016
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2880BBoston
February 27, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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Needlework Sampler "Lucy Davis AE 13,"

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$677$550
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2880BLocation: BostonDate / Time: February 27, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Needlework Sampler "Lucy Davis AE 13," Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1794, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with meandering floral vine border surrounding six lines of alphabet, four lines of verse, and the maker's name, age, town, and date, above a small sawtooth-bordered floral panel flanked by baskets of flowers, 12 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.
Estimate $300-500


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Ipswich