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Lot 334

Sale 2093 - The Tastemaker
Aug 21, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$1,000 - 2,000
Price Realized
$11,430
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A finely worked needlework sampler, by Ann Buchanan, dated "1821"

Worked with polychrome silk threads on a linen ground, with meandering flower vine border, depicting large gated mansion flanked by two smaller houses and fruit baskets, surrounded by an array of trees teeming with birds, a dog watches beneath, with swagged curtain and floral garlands above, with reserve displaying pious verse, dated "1821," and inscribed, "Ann Buchanan Her Work Aged 11."

13 1/4 in. x 23 1/2 in. (sight), 16 in. x 16 1/2 in. (frame)

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