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Premier Catalog Auction - Session III

Sat, Nov 17, 2018 09:00AM EST
Lot 1461

1843 Attributed North Carolina Needlework

Estimate: $600 - $900

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

probably Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, seven bands of letters and numbers over Biblical verse, stitched "Mary Williams 1843" at bottom, silk on linen, 9-1/2 x 11-1/4 in. (sight), probably original wood frame; lot accompanied with double photograph, with handwritten note verso, "Mary Ann Williams (1833-1904) married James Harvey Carson (1830-1906)/Charlotte, North Carolina" and census and supporting documentation

Condition

fading, minor losses to embroidery, abrasions to frame, not examined out of frame