11-04-201711-04-2017
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3038BBoston
November 4, 2017 10:00 AMCalender
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Elizabeth Crake Needlework Sampler

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$1,169$950
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3038BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 04, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

Elizabeth Crake Needlework Sampler, England, 1737, with lines of alphabet and verse, stitched inscription "Elizabeth Crake Her Work/Begun April the 3 1737/in the 9 year of/her age," with stitched images of a man with a hunting gun, animals, and flower, above an illustration of Adam and Eve with animals beneath a tree, flanked by a finely dressed man and woman, in a molded hardwood frame, (fading and staining),ht. 9, wd. 8 in.
Estimate $800-1,200


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