Susan Burbeck Needlework Sampler

Description:

Susan Burbeck Needlework Sampler, Derby Academy, Hingham, Massachusetts, 1807, stitched in silk threads on a linen background, eight lines of alphabet and numbers over an excerpt of the poem "The Province of Women" by Hannah Moore, signed in needlework at the bottom "Susan Burbeck 10 years of age/Derby Academy April 8th 1807," all within a floral vine border, in a mahogany veneer frame, ht. 16 3/4, wd. 12 1/4 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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