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THBEarly Salem, Massachusetts Schoolgirl Needlework
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Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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About Auction
LiveOct 6, 2018
The Americana, Including Fine and Decorative Art: Premier Auction features over 500 lots of fine art, furniture, silver, rugs, glass, Folk Art, timepieces, and advertising. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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- Lot Description
American (Salem, Massachusetts), ca 1770-1780. A silk schoolgirl needlework sampler on a black silk ground with silver metallic thread embellishments, depicting a man and woman in a landscape. Housed in a period frame and later mounted as a pole screen; 10.75 x 13 in. (sight), 13.5 x 15.5 in. (frame), pole ht. 56.5 in.
Accompanied by a letter from Betty Ring to Samuel Herrup, discussing the sampler and its relationship to several samplers pictured in Ring's 1993, Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlewook 1650-1850, notably Figs. 109, 110 and 112.
Ex Dwight Blaney Collection
Provenance: Property from the Americana Collection of Dr. Dale and Ann Knight Gutman, Cincinnati, Ohio Purchased from Samuel Herrup Antiques, New York, New YorkMinor losses and damage to background and embroidery. Includes a 2002 condition report provided by Textile Conservation Services in Indianapolis, Indiana.Condition
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