American & Southern | Session I | November 13, 2025
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 02:00PM EST
Lot 1593
Philadelphia Silk on Linen Needlework Sampler with Poem, Christianna Barger
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Sold for
$600
Sold Price excludes BP
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 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, signed and dated "Christianna Barger's work done in the 8th year of her age 1831", with birds, butterflies, and floral sprays bordered by scrolling strawberry vines, sight 21-3/8 x 17-1/4 in.; distressed gilt wood and cove molded frame, 26-1/8 x 22 x 1-1/4 in.
Provenance: Greg K. Kramer & Co., Robesonia, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1998 (accompanied by copy of receipt); Collection of Karen Shackleford Moore, Baltimore, Maryland
Note: Through cursory research, the B and M Barger mentioned on the sampler are almost certainly Benjamin Barger and his wife Martha (nee Tunecliff), who were married in England in 1814. The couple moved to Philadelphia at some point before 1818, where they had five children. Christianna was their third, being born around 1823 and dying at some point after 1888. She married one Ephraim Shea Whittaker of Cumberland County, New Jersey, and had five daughters. Additionally, for a similar example of the floral stitching, please see Girlhood Emrboidery by Betty Ring, Volume II, p. 357.
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Greg K. Kramer & Co., Robesonia, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1998 (accompanied by copy of receipt); Collection of Karen Shackleford Moore, Baltimore, Maryland
not examined out of frame, some toning and fading, scattered picked and pulled threads, small holes near bottom corners, patch(?) at bottom proper right corner； frame with abrasions
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