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Lot 1548

Scottish House Needlework with Coat of Arms

Estimate: $600 - $900

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circa 1813, fine silk embroidery of Georgian style stone house with slate roof and fenced yard, flowering trees and a chicken coop flank the house, octagonal framed thistle and dog chained to an oak tree represent the coat of arms for Scotland and the Linlithgow family, center verse below the names "Waters/A.Bed", arcaded strawberry motif border, silk on linen, birds eye maple frame, 12-1/4 x 12-1/2 in. (sight)

Provenance: Collection of Marion and Theodore Gore, Williamsburg, Virginia

Condition

scattered small losses to linen, lower left corner and below gate, fading minor foxing