Fine and Rare Needlework Sampler, Unity Lewis, Philadelphia Dated 1789

Executed in a variety of stitches including Rococo, Outline, French knot, Cross, Tent, Split, Satin and Eyelet, in tones of green, yellow, white and magenta silk on linen and worked with bands of alphabets on a long poem entitled The Amiable Virgin, intersected by panels and bands of birds and flowers enclosed within a stylized floral border; inscribed Unity Lewis, her work, done in the year 1789.

Sotheby's, New York, January 31, 1981, The Theodore H. Kapnek Collection of American Samplers, sale 4531Y, lot 37.

Foundation has been pulled in areas by embroidery resulting in a few breaks to ground, all very minor. Colors have darkened although reds have retained their vibrancy.
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