Needlework Sampler

Description:

Needlework Sampler, Canterbury, New Hampshire, late 18th century, worked in silk threads on a coarse linen ground, seven alphanumeric rows above an indistinct name "Marie L. Brown(?)," pictorial register typical of Canterbury, New Hampshire, surrounded by a sawtooth border, 17 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (sight),in a molded giltwood frame.

Literature: For three stylistically similar examples and a discussion of the "Bird and Basket Samplers of Canterbury," see Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850, pp. 230-37, figs. 267-69.
The Collection of Gail & Don Piatt
Estimate $1,000-1,500

area for name and date appears unfinished, some fading to some colors, minor toning to ground.


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