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Premier Auction - Session II - February 4, 2023

Sat, Feb 4, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 922

1826 Washington, District of Columbia Sampler

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

stitched "Jane Marie Slade's work done in the 7th year of her age July the 27th A. D. 1826 Washington District of Columbia", under bands of the alphabet and numbers, with printed document of "William Slade and his Descents", silk on linen, sight 7-1/2 x 7 in.; wood frame, 11 x 10-1/2 in.

Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, The Theodore H. Kapnek Collection of American Samplers, January 31, 1981 lot 118; Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia

Condition

losses to silk thread in number upper right, fading, minor abrasions to frame, not examined out of frame

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