Premier Auction - Session II - February 4, 2023
Sat, Feb 4, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 906
Fine 1830 Ohio Needlework Sampler
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
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 |
Jefferson County, a variety of stitches including cross, satin, outline, split, rococo, long chain and Holbein, flowering trees and plants, pious verse, flower form border, inscribed "Achsah Carter, age 10, Smithfield, Ohio, 1830, Ann H. Thorn, preceptor", 22-3/4 x 22-1/4 in.; gold painted wooden frame, 25-1/2 x 24-5/8 in.
Note: Exhibited: New York, The Museum of American Folk Art, November 1978, illustrated in catalog, item 103.
Literature: The Magazine Antiques, November, 1978 fig. 20.
Ohio is my Dwelling Place: Schoolgirl Embroideries 1800-1850, by Sue Studebaker, Athens: Ohio University Press, 2002., page 197 fg. 171.
Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Earl J. Knittle; Sotheby's, New York, The Theodore H. Kapnek Collection of American Samplers, January 31, 1981 lot 54; Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia
Condition
some discoloration to threads, overall fading to embroidered elements and general toning to ground, slight fraying at very edge of ground, area of discoloration at "Ohio" with mending to ground, areas of fugitive dyes, stitched to later muslin covered board
