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A Needlework Sampler, Signed Sarah Mingin, Easton School, Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, 1813
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- 16 3/8 by 12 1/2 in. (41.6 by 31.75 cm)
executed in green, gold, brown and white silk in a variety of stitches including cross, crosslet, stem and satin on a linen ground with alphabets enclosed in a vine and leaf oval, the border meandering floral vines and birds, and ribbon rosettes in upper corners, inscribed Sarah Mingin s. Easton School, 1813 and initialed EC (Elizabeth Conrow, IC/CM; some staining and discoloration.
Provenance
The Joan Stephens Collection of Important Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, Sotheby's, sale 6942, lot 2072, January 19, 1997
Patricia T. Herr, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1988
Condition
faded linen groud; tan-as pictured
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
Sarah Mingin worked one of the earliest-known samplers to name the Easton School which was formerly believed to have been in Easton, Pennsylvania (Bolton and Coe, p.386). It was a Friends' school near Lumberton in Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, and existed from 1803 until 1870. Sarah included initials, probably for her parents, and also EC for her schoolmistress Elizabeth Conrow. Her initials also appear on the similar sampler of Sarah's classmate Eliza Moore, who included a modest rendition of the Westtown School. Elizabeth Conrow, of Moorestown, New Jersey, attended the Friends' Westtown School, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1807 and taught at the Easton School in 1812 and 1813. (See Ring, Girlhood Embroidery, Vol. II, figs. 538,539).