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TWO RARE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS, LUCY H. GOULD AND SALLY R. GOULD, HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1806
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Two rare needlework samplers, Lucy H. Gould and Sally R. Gould, Haverhill, MA, circa 1806
- textiles
- Lucy: 16 in. by 12 in.; Sally: 11 in. by 10 in.
- 40.6 cm; 30.5; 27.9 cm; 25.4 cm
the first worked in silk stitches on a linen ground, with bands of alphabets, a pious verse flanked by two urns, inscribed Lucy H. Gould AE 9 yrs; the second in silk on linen with alphabets, signed Sally R. Gould, Aged 12 years.
Provenance
Amy Finkel, M. Finkel and Daughter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17, 2003
Catalogue Note
This lot of two samplers by the sisters Lucy Holmes Gould and Sally Roby Gould is accompanied by genealogical information about the family. The family's history is recorded in the History of Woodstock Families, C.W. Bowen, vol. VI, Plimpton Dress, Norwood, Massachusetts, 1935.
The sampler done by Lucy is listed in Bolton & Coe, p. 164.
For comparisons, see Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroidery, Vol. I, p. 129 for samplers done in Haverhill, Massachusetts. A similar work is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, naming the Roxbury School.
The sampler done by Lucy is listed in Bolton & Coe, p. 164.
For comparisons, see Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroidery, Vol. I, p. 129 for samplers done in Haverhill, Massachusetts. A similar work is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, naming the Roxbury School.