August Americana
Description:
"Ales Knight" Needlework Band Sampler, England, dated "1737," stitched in silk threads on a linen background with four lines of alphabet and signed in needlework "ALES KNIGHT HE/R SAMPLER AVG/VST THE 29/1737" and decorated with geometric patterns, in a modern shadow box frame, ht. 19 1/2, wd. 9 3/4 in.
Provenance: Mrs. Thomas A. Lawton; Vera Elkind Antiques, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979.
Estimate $300-500
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Stephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3200
Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3224
American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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