Lot 599
  • 599

Rare Silk Print-Work Mourning Picture, Francis Williams, Mary Balch's School, Providence, Rhode Island, dated 1812

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Height 19 1/2 in. by width 23 1/2 in.
Worked in tiny black silk stitches on a white silk ground; signed By Francis Williams 1812.

Exhibited

Let Virtue Be a Guide to Thee: Samplers in the Education of Rhode Island Women, 1630-1830

Condition

Frame does not appear to be original; small break in the silk in tree at top.
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