Property from the Brooklyn Museum | April 9, 2026
Thu, Apr 9, 2026 10:00AM EDT
Lot 715
Two Signed and Dated Irish Needlework Samplers
Estimate: $500 - $700
Sold for
$4,500
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 |
silk on linen, both unframed, comprising: signed and dated "Hannah Shaw Provincial School Mt Melick 1798", with alphabets and verses surrounded by a narrow border, 16-1/4 x 11-1/2 in.; signed and dated "Margret Moon Lisnamuck 29th June 1825" with alphabets, numbers, verses, strawberry borders, large sprays of flowers at corners, and three-leaf clovers, cross, square eyelet, satin, and split stitches, 17-1/4 x 17 in.
Provenance: 1932, gift of Margaret S. Bedell of Catskill, NY to the Brooklyn Museum; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
Note: Mountmellick’s Provincial School was founded in 1786 to provide boarding and a moral education for children from Quaker families "in low circumstances" and closed in 1920. Plain and fancy needlework was taught to the female students so that they could earn money to purchase their textbooks. Hannah’s verses were written by Jonathan Swift in 1731. Margret’s verses are stanzas from a Christian hymn based on Isaiah 55:1.
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1932, gift of Margaret S. Bedell of Catskill, NY to the Brooklyn Museum; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
Shaw example lightly glued to paper backing at corners, with overall toning, scattered fraying at edges, scattered holes, lacking stitches in border； Moon example with stain to linen at sampler bottom, heavy fraying along edge of top
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