03-02-201903-02-2019
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March 2, 2019 10:00 AMCalender
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Needlework "King" Family Record

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$677$550
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3222BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 02, 2019 10:00AM

Description:

Needlework "King" Family Record, likely Danvers, Massachusetts, dated 1808, stitched in silk on a green linen background with five lines of alphabet and numbers over three lines of verse and ten lines of family record noting birth dates of parents and eight siblings, above a flower and vine field, all within a diamond border, in a gilt molded frame, sampler ht. 17 1/4, wd. 15 in.

Note: Genealogical sources document this particular King family in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Estimate $400-600


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