Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Day 2: American, Southern & European Decorative Arts

Sat, Jan 28, 2017 09:00AM EST - Mon, Jan 30, 2017 09:00AM EST
Lot 373

Rare Middle Tennessee Needlework

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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Beans Creek, Franklin, from "Little Dog" sampler group, five bands of the alphabet over a four line verse, several birds, small dogs, flower pot, house and butterfly bottom panel, signed "F.A. Collins Was Born Oct. 13th 1832", initials "A.F.H." lower left corner, floral vine border, silk on linen, 16 x 18-1/2 in. (sight); later wood frame. Condition: fading, losses to blue thread stitches in middle, light scattered stains. Notes: Documented and exhibited by Tennessee Sample Survey #TSS 218, the James K. Polk Ancestral Home, Columbia, Tennessee, December 17, 2010 - April 10,2011.. Provenance: Sumpter Priddy III, Inc.; Collection of Anne McPherson and the Late John Bivins, Jr.; accompanied by documentation and letter from the Tennessee Sampler Survey

Condition

fading, losses to blue thread stitches in middle, light scattered stains

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