Lot Details
Lot 156
Needlework Family Register
Worked by Frances Alvira Lewis, Middletown, Connecticut, 1828
Height 17 1/4 inches, width 15 inches.
Provenance:
Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, CT, 1998
Literature: Harding, Deborah and Laura Fisher, Home Sweet Home: The House in American Folk Art p. 27.
With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740-1840, p. 30 pl. 8.
C Property from the Estate of a Private Collector
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for $2,125 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Losses, especially to border, some thin areas at border, bright colors
frame rubbed, scratched, losses
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frame rubbed, scratched, losses
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