"Mary Perkins" Needlework and Watercolor Paper Cutout Memorial Picture

Description:

"Mary Perkins" Needlework and Watercolor Paper Cutout Memorial Picture, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 1829, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with meandering floral border surrounding a sawtooth-bordered pictorial reserve with pious verse and maker's name and location above willow trees, a plinth with three urns, and nine flanking figures, each with applied paper heads and drawn facial details, (fading, some toning and discoloration),17 1/2 x 18 1/2 in., in a bird's-eye maple frame.

Provenance: Steven Score, Boston, Massachusetts.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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