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Americana & International - Session Two

Fri, Oct 6, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 664

New England silk on green linen needlework sampler

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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New England silk on green linen needlework sampler, inscribed Margaret Kibbes 1806, with central brick house having a wishing well and gate, centered by trees with a lawn of flowers and cows, the upper corners with birds perched on flowering branches, foliate arch with moth over alphabet and verse, 16 1/4" x 22". Referenced in Ethel Stanwood Bolton and Eva Johnston Coe, American Samplers, 1921, page 184. Provenance: Sotheby's, January 28, 1987, lot 1058; From the collection of Theodore H. Kapnek, Sr.

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Condition

Overall very good condition. Somem tack marks to edges. Small loss to grass bottom left.

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