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A Needlework Sampler
Estimate: $2,000-$3,000
Sold
$1,500
Live Auction
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Description
A Needlework Sampler
Boston, Massachusetts, Dated, "1762"
bearing the inscription, "Joanna Tilden Her Sampler March 17th Anno Domini 1762," worked with silk threads on a linen ground, framed.
14 x 9 inches (sight), 28 1/2 x 23 inches (frame).
Provenance
Provenance:Property from the Collection of D. Koepsell.Note: This sampler was possibly worked by Joanna Tilden who married Dr. Galen Otis in Boston in 1785.