Fine Needlework Sampler and Family Record, Hannah Pharo, Monmouth County, New Jersey dated 1827

Estimate

5,000 - 12,000 USD

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Description

Silk thread and linen
23 in. by 22 in.

worked in silk stitches on a linen ground, with strawberries, clusters of grapes, paired birds, and a peacock; a house behind a picket fence; signed Hannah Pharo. Together with the parchment marriage certificate of Henry Leeds and Hannah Pharo, and a facsimile of the family tree. 2 pieces.

Provenance

Descended in the the family of Benjamin West to the present owner.

Catalogue Note

Executed in Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting.