Sale 20AM02 | Lot 231

Two Silk-on-Silk Needlework Pictures

Catalogue: American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts
Two Silk-on-Silk Needlework Pictures

Lot Details

Lot 231
Two Silk-on-Silk Needlework Pictures
Worked by Nancy McDonald, New England, 1799 and 1800
Height of example depicting a woman 13 1/8 inches, width 16 1/8 inches.
Provenance:
Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, January 19-21, 1996, lot 1019
Stephen & Carol Huber


C Property from the Estate of a Private Collector

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for $2,375 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

Fruit needlework: staining to upper right around tree and on tree trunk; thread losses to date; small hole to upper left corner; browning to silk

Sterns Maria: losses to text; staining and running of black text; losses to gold threads near trees; small holes to background; vertical stain to upper right; possible tears to upper section

frames rubbed, scratched, losses


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Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for $2,375 (includes buyer's premium)

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American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts

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