An Embroidered and Painted Silkwork Picture of Mother and Child, Attributed to the Abby Wright School, South Hadley, Massachusetts, Circa 1800-1803

silk, chenille, and watercolor on paper and silk ground

height 11 ¼ in. by width 9 in.

worked in satin and "minute seed" stitching, depicting a mother sitting under a tree with a Palladian style home in the background, wearing a white dress with a garland of flowers around her shoulders and showing a bird's nest to her son, who is dressed in a brown skeleton suit and points at the nest.

Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please make an appointment with the Americana department at 212-606-7130.

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