Needlework Sampler "Mary E. Brown,"

Description:

Needlework Sampler "Mary E. Brown," Hampton, New Hampshire, 1818, worked in threads on a green linen ground, consisting of an upper pictorial register, eight alphanumeric rows and the date "January the 5 1818," above a pious verse and maker's name below, 17 x 16 1/4 in. (sight),in a molded giltwood frame.

Provenance: Gary Chickering.

Note: According to a handwritten note provided by the consignor, Mary Brown was the daughter of Lt. Simon Brown, a cavalry officer during the War of 1812. The sampler was purchased by a previous owner directly from the Rye, New Hampshire, house where Mary and her husband Jonathan Walker lived.
The Collection of Gail & Don Piatt
Estimate $800-1,200

green linen ground with overall brown oxidation, threads in good intact condition.


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