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Lot 66

Boston silk on linen needlework sampler, inscribed

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Sold for
$14,040
Sold Price includes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $20,000
$500,000 $50,000
Boston silk on linen needlework sampler, inscribed "Deborah Robins her sampler made 1750", with verse flanked by a floral vine, over a scene of a shepherdess tending her flock, 13 1/2" x 10". Listed in American Samplers by Bolton & Coe, pg. 72. Page 41 contains a listing of another sampler by her daughter, Deborah Day, lot 678 in this sale. Provenance: Stephen Score; Nina Fletcher Little Sale, Sothebys, October 1994, Lot 938.

Condition

Staining to top border. Fading to letters. Excellent condition for it's age.