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Lot 139
Sale 5980 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Nov 15, 2022
7:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$2,142
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A memorial needlework wrought by Rachel Willard (1785-1808) Attributed to the Susanna Rowson Academy, Roxbury, MA, circa 1803
Worked with paint and silk threads on a silk ground, inscribed "They are Pure Beings in A Nobler Sphere," and "In Sacred Remembrance of Beriah Willard who died Aug 31th 1801 AE 13 and Catherine Willard who died Sept 10th 1802 AE 6," the eglomise mat inscribed, "Wrought by Rachel Willard," the original frame retains printed paper label of John Doggett, Roxbury, Massachusetts.