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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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
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
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