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Rare Needlework Sampler, Lydia Doggett, Newburyport, or Attleboro, Massachusetts, dated 1783
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- Height 21 1/2 in. by width 15 3/4 in.
Worked in silk on linen; inscribed Lydia Doggett November the 8 1783.
Provenance
Theodore H. Kapnek, a sale at Sotheby's, January 31, 1981, sale number 4581Y, lot 52.
Exhibited
American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroidery from the Collection of Betty Ring at the Museum of American Folk Art (p. 28, fig. 44)
Literature
The Magazine Antiques, April 1963, p. 371.
Condition
Frame period, but may not be original; some mellowing of the linen color; some minor pulled threads.
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
The layered format of Lydia's sampler and especially the upper section with a streaky sky suggest that it was a forerunner of all important group made in Bristol, Rhode Island, in the 1790s (see Betty Ring, Let Virtue Be a Guide to Thee, pp. 212, 222). Lydia Doggett (1775-1844) was the daughter of Nathaniel Doggett (1747-1828) and Beulah Dryer (1747-1827) of Attleboro, Massachusetts, and later of Westmoreland, New Hampshire. She married Jonathan Cole III (1776-1848) of Westmoreland on August 8, 1793, and early in the nineteenth century they settled in West Stockholm, St. Lawrence County, New York.