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Premier Auction - Session I - February 3, 2023

Fri, Feb 3, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 396

Fine Charles II Embroidered Band Sampler

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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British, 1671, multiple elaborate floral bands over two bands of the alphabet, signed bottom, "Phebe Swift her sampler begun the 20th/of June Ended Dec:16th 1671, ÆT(atje): JJ"., silk on linen ground, sight 20-1/2 x 7-1/2 in., later glazed ebonized and gilt frame, 22-1/4 x 9-1/4 in.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, Haute Epoque, October 29, 2008, lot 272; Private Collection, Warrenton, Virginia

Condition

stitched to later linen ground, overall good condition, some fading and toning to linen, wear to frame, not examined out of frame

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