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Silk on Green Linsey-Woolsey Needlepoint Sampler, Abigail (Foster) Barker (1798-1877), Andover, ...

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1793 American Needlepoint Sampler w/ Alphabet: North America, United States, ca. 1793 CE. A cotton or linen and silk needlepoint sampler with alphabet, floral motifs, and the name "Elisabeth" and the year "1793". The embroidery demonstrated a girl

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1833 American Needlepoint Embroidery Sampler w/ Poem: **Originally Listed At $800** North America, United States, ca. 1833 CE. A framed cotton or linen and silk needlepoint sampler with the alphabet and a virtuous poem, and the name and date: "Martha Ann

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Mary Ann Taylor's Needlepoint Sampler Dated 1833, England: Mary Ann Taylor's Needlepoint Sampler Dated 1833, Englandworked in multi-color silk threads on fine loose weave wool, the symmetrical composition with a variety of floral motifs, with verse paying hom

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ANTIQUE c.1830 NEEDLEPOINT SAMPLER 21": ANTIQUE c.1830 NEEDLEPOINT PRINT FRAMED-21" X 20" APPROX-EMBROIDERED ON SILK-GOOD OVERALL CONDITION SEE PHOTOS-DP32222

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3 Vintage Needlepoints, Sampler: A group of 3 Vintage Needlepoint textiles. There is a pink Needlepoint that is probably for a footstool, it measures 12 1/4" x 9 1/2" and is in good condition. A green needlepoint panel that measures

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ANTIQUE c.1836 NEEDLEPOINT SAMPLER 21": ANTIQUE c.1836 NEEDLEPOINT , FRAMED-21" X 20" APPROX-EMBROIDERED ON SILK-GOOD OVERALL CONDITION SEE PHOTOS-DP32222

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Amelia Jane Bowhay's Needlework Sampler, 1820-30: Worked in blue, green, yellow, cream and black silk threads on linen, with rows of the alphabet in block and script upper and lowercase letters, above the verse "Jesus permit thy gracious name to stan

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Silk on Green Linsey-Woolsey Needlepoint Sampler, Abigail (Foster) Barker (1798-1877), Andover, ...

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Silk on Green Linsey-Woolsey Needlepoint Sampler, Abigail (Foster) Barker (1798-1877), Andover, Massachusetts, 1810. Canvas of plain-woven wool and linen threads of earthy green hues worked in pale pink, yellow, and green silk threads, the central reserve in a serrated band border containing eleven rows of five distinct alphabets, one wrought in broderie anglaise rather than cross-stitch, the twelfth line inscribed with numbers 1-10 followed by the signature, 'Abigail Foster aged 12 1810', and the bottom margin filled with four lines of verse, all surrounded by wide border filled on three sides with free-stitched intertwining floral vines originating in two decorated urns at the bottom corners, depicted on a grass-colored groundline flanking small groups of trees and potted plants, finished with stitched eyelet hem, conserved and mounted in period gold-leaf frame, (sight) 14 5/8 x 17 3/4 in., (frame) 18 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. Footnotes: Provenance The collection of Eric van Rooy. M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 16 October 2017. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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Silk on Green Linsey-Woolsey Needlepoint Sampler, Abigail (Foster) Barker (1798-1877), Andover, ...

Name: Silk on Green Linsey-Woolsey Needlepoint Sampler, Abigail (Foster) Barker (1798-1877), Andover, ...
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