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Nov 23, 2024
AMERICAN, POSSIBLY NORTH CAROLINA, SILK-EMBROIDERED NEEDLEWORK PICTURE, silk, chenille, pencil, and paint on silk, oval reserve in center depicting a seaside scene, featuring an allegorical woman with drawn and painted head and arms, wearing an Empire dress and leaning against an anchor under a tree, the distance shows a ship traveling into the harbor, framed by clusters of flowers above and below. Housed under glass in period, possibly original, gilt-molded frame. Early 19th century. 14 3/4" x 17" sight, 20 1/4" x 22 1/2" OA.
Catalogue Note: The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) records a painting on silk (photo no. S-3930) of similar design attributed to Elizabeth Alston Williams (b.1804), originally from William Co., NC. Elizabeth was listed in a catalogue of students for Salem Academy and College in Salem, NC, having attended from 1812 to 1816. In her painting, she shows a harbor scene with a ship and small boat, featuring a tree in the foreground and buildings in the background. The oval reserve is bordered by clusters of flowers above and oak leaves and acorns below.
In "The Ornamental Branches": Needlework and Arts from the Lititz Moravian Girls' School, Between 1800 and 1865, there is a similar silk-embroidery picture by Elizabeth Bartruff, dated 1812, p.21, Plate V. That piece features a seaside scene with an allegorical figure leaning on an anchor, looking onto a shipwreck in the distance, encompassed by a floral and branch wreath.
Mostly in good to very good visual condition with silk ground having a few holes/losses, some tears and shattering, light to moderate toning, and a few stains, thread with typical fugitive color, frame with wear, hairlines/cracks, chips and losses, over-painting, and probable repairs. Not examined out of frame.
Reportedly from the family of Theophilus Taylor Thorne of Rocky Mount and Halifax Co., NC.
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