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Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 278

1819 Virginia Needlework

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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probably Norfolk, Virginia, bands of letters and numbers, signed bottom "Eliza Lanier Her Sampler", wool on linen, 17-3/4 x 11-1/2 in. (sight); later metal frame fading, repair upper left, darkening of linen, losses of wool thread, not examined out of frame. Notes: 1870 Federal Census lists Eliza Lanier age 59 living in Portsmouth, Norfolk Virginia. Provenance: Morgan Antiques, Norfolk, Virginia, said to be from the Tadd Family of Virginia; Private Collection, Virginia

Condition

fading, repair upper left, darkening of linen, losses of wool thread, not examined out of frame

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