A Needlework Picture, Worked by Helen Crawford, Montgomery, New York, 1835

Auction Closed

January 25, 06:34 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

silk threads on silk

dated 1835

11 in. by 16 1/4 in.

the reverse with stitched signature, Wrought by Hellen Crawford, age 9 years January 2, 1835 Elizabeth Shorter Instructress

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Finkel and Daughter, TAS Antiques Show, 2000.

Leslie and Peter Warwick, "A Newly Discovered Needlework School in New York State," Folk Art-Mazagine of the American Folk Art Museum, Winter 2004/05, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 67-69;

Deborah Harding and Laura Fisher, "Home Sweet Home," p. 35;

Leslie and Peter Warwick, Love At First Sight: Discovering Stories About Folk Art & Antiques Collected by Two Generations & Three Families, (New Jersey: 2022), p. 175-78, fig. 312.