Needlework Sampler "Margaret E. Wilson,"

Description:

Needlework Sampler "Margaret E. Wilson," Massachusetts, c. 1820, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, composed of alphanumeric lines, and a line identifying the maker above a pictorial register with houses and birds, all surrounded by a flowering vine border, 17 1/2 x 16 3/4 in., in a mahogany veneer frame.

Provenance: Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, 2004.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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