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Lot 172

Reading, Pennsylvania silk on linen needlework sam

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Sold for
$19,550
Sold Price includes BP

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Reading, Pennsylvania silk on linen needlework sampler wrought by Elizabeth Schofield and dated 1826, with verse over a double row of flowers, surrounded by a sawtooth and meandering strawberry vine border, 19 3/4" x 15 1/2". For a similar example, see Samplers and Samplermakers by Mary Jaene Edmonds, pg. 105, fig. 46.