Lot 208
  • 208

A MINIATURE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, ELIZ'TH WEBB, PROBABLY ENGLISH, DATED MAY 1, 1779

Estimate
800 - 1,000 USD
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Description

  • textiles
  • height 4 1/2 in.; width 3 1/4 in.
  • 11.4 cm; 8.3 cm
worked in silk stitches on a wool ground.

Provenance

Ruth Troiani Beautiful Antiques, Pound Ridge, NY, 1980

Condition

Some small losses to lower right. In a green velvet liner and frame.
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