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Lot 385

Pennsylvania Moravian silk memorial sampler

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
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Lititz, Pennsylvania Moravian silk on silk memorial embroidered sampler, ca. 1833, the tombstone inscribed In memory of my beloved father, John Peterson, born December 14th, 1764, departed this life Nov. 18th, 1824, attributed to Mary Ann or Rebecca Catherine Peterson, ca. 1833, with a large willow, floral spray, a large urn of flowers, and two children flanking a grave, 16" dia. Pictured in Patricia T. Herr The Ornamental Branches, Needlework and Arts from the Lititz Moravian Girls' School Between 1800 and 1865, page 30, fig. 10. Provenance: Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, April 1995.

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Condition

Eglomise panel is replaced, overall very good condition.

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