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Americana & International - Session Two

Thu, Oct 6, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 557

Pennsylvania Moravian Girls' School silk sampler

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Unsold

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$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

Pennsylvania Lititz Moravian Girls' School silk, chenille, spangles, and paint on silk needlework picture, ca. 1830, the two central figures representing Palemon and Lavinia from the poem Autumn, situated in a pastoral landscape with farm house and mountainous background, with little dog in the foreground, 18 1/2" dia. For a related example, see Ring, Girlhood Embroidery, vol II, fig. 500. A near identical example was sold at Pook & Pook, the Pioneer American Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Donald Shelley, April 21, 2007, lot 431.

Condition

Tear in sky, stains in background,

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