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A Needlework Sampler, Signed Rachel B. Evans, Pine Grove School, Upper Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey, Dated 1813
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- 17 5/8 by 15 5/8 in. (44.8 by 39.7 cm)
excuted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown and white silk in a variety of stitches including cross, crosslet, satin, stem, queen's and hem on a linen ground with a handsome cursive alphabet above a particularly pleasing and crisply worked Quaker truism enclosed in a rippling version of the Westtown School's vine-and-leaf border, the surrounding field sprinkled with typical Quaker motifs and surrounded by a twining rosebud border, inscribed Rachel B. Evans, Pine Grove School, 1813.
Provenance
The Joan Stephens Collection of Important Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, Sotheby's, sale 6942, lot 2071, January 19, 1997
Joanne Fuerst, Pine Bough Antiques, Northeast Harbor, Maine, October, 1985
Literature
Ring, Girlhood Embroidery, Vol. II, fig. 540.
Condition
lighter than photo otherwise okay
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Rachel Evans and her sister Syllania both worked samplers at the Pine Grove School which was east of present-day Medford in Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. They were daughters of Jacob Evans (b.1755) and his second wife, Rachel Borton (1774-1844). Their father was a trustee of the Pine Grove School, which was formerly assigned to Charles City County, Virginia (Bolton and Coe, p.387)