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Lot 648

Philadelphia silk on linen needlework sampler, ins

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Sold for
$10,530
Sold Price includes BP

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Philadelphia silk on linen needlework sampler, inscribed "Leah Ann Alsop her Work 1823", worked in a variety of stitches in shades of blue, green, brown, yellow, and gold, with central verse surrounded by family initials and flanked by floral vines and baskets of flowers, all above a manor house with lawn, fence, and gazebo, 17" x 19 1/2". For another work by Leah Ann Alsop see Joan Stephens Collection, Sotheby's, January 1997, Lot 2075.

Condition

Stains to upper left corner and along top edge. Overall very good condition.