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American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
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- Sale 5449
Live
| Philadelphia
May 3 | 6:00 AM EDT
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 5449
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$2,000 – $3,000
The first, inscribed "Elizabeth Jones," "Samuel Jones" and "Martha Jones," worked with floral sprigs enclosing reserve with alphabet, religious verse, silk threads on linen ground basted to original backing paper; together with an Ackworth School-patterned sampler, silk threads on linen ground basted to original paper backing, with alphabet inscribed on verso.
16 1/2 in. x 21 in. (larger), 9 1/2 in. x 8 in. (smaller, textile only)Note
Elizabeth Jones (1803-1843), the daughter of Samuel and Martha Jones, lived in Blockley Township (now defunct and incorporated into the City of Philadelphia in 1854) and attended the Radnor Monthly Meeting.
Provenance
Private collection, New Jersey.
