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Lot 436

Chester County, Pennsylvania wool and silk on line

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for
$23,400
Sold Price includes BP

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$500,000 $50,000
Chester County, Pennsylvania wool and silk on linen needlework picture of 2 peacocks, one standing on a grassy mound and one perched on a cherry tree branch, worked in a variety of stitches in red, green, tan, brown, blue, and gray, inscribed "CM" and "1754", 10" x 9". For a nearly identical example, see Swan, A Winterthur Guide to American Needlework, pg. 84. The same "CM" appears on the example in Swan's book. Provenance: Joe Kindig, Jr. & Son Antiques 1962.

Condition

Small browning spots throughout on towel. A few small brown spots on table cover.