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Premier Auctions | Session III

Sat, Dec 5, 2020 09:00AM EST
Lot 586

1809 American Silk Needlework

Estimate: $400 - $600

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probably Pennsylvania, circa 1809, stitched, "Ann G Sinclair/1809" over a large willow tree with perched bird and flanked by oversize rose plants, floral bouquets and deer, all on a grass and floral covered mound, silk on silk, 11-1/2 x 12-1/2 in.; stained wood frame with carved liner, 13-3/4 x 15 in. - Provenance: "Anne Sinclair Register granddaughter of Anne Grubb (Sinclair) Denny" (handwritten label verso) and "Staton Bros. Fine Art Germantown Phila (stamp verso); Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey

Condition

fading, extensive losses to silk especially at lower border and to animals on the mound, shattering to silk ground; frame with abrasions and minor separations
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