Lot 681
  • 681

Booklet of Exercises in Practical Stitchery, English, circa 1840

Estimate
2,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

  • overall 12 1/4 in. by width 16 1/4 in.
Worked in silk on linen and wool. In marbled covers, wear and crack in paper binding; the "samplers" with some stain and moth damage.

Provenance

Gift to Betty Ring from Cora Ginsburg, New York.

Exhibited

American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring at the Museum of American Folk Art (p. 57, fig. 94)

Condition


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Catalogue Note

The anonymous miniature sampler names the Grantham / British School / Established 1835.