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Premier Auction - Session II - February 4, 2023

Sat, Feb 4, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 904

A Washington D.C. Federal Needlework Sampler, 1825

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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

American, 19th century, with poem and home with trees, birds and hearts, trailing flowering vine border, signed "Mary Ann Bonthron, Aged 9 years May 17th 1825" / "Washington City D.C., Sept 23d 1825", 18 x 17 in.; hardwood frame, 23 x 22 in.

Provenance: Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia

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Condition

stitched to later muslin covered board, darkening of ground, fading, losses at edge from earlier tacking, 

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