New England school girl sampler by Mary Frances Amory dated January, 1st 1846 with eight rows of numbers and letters. Sight: 11" H x 8" W. Framed: 13 1/4" H x 13 1/2" W. Condition: Good condition with some toning and one minor hole bottom right.
Lot 140: Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler dated 1818
Framed 1818 schoolgirl needlework sampler, most likely English. Silk on linen, signed "Sarah Hampton/Age 12 Years/ 1818". Stylized floral border with stitched motifs including a central brick home, crowned angels flanking the name, birds, butterflies, animals, urns, trees and flowers. Ebonized frame with gilt highlights. Sight – 13" H x 12 1/4" W. Framed – […]
Lot 131: Tennessee Needlework House Sampler, Harriet Bryant
Middle Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, signed “H.D. Bryant’s Work”, with house, tree, and basket or urn motifs. Attributed to Maury County (Culleoka), circa 1835. Wide lily or tulip and geometric outer border and an inner chain of diamond border, enclosing upper and lower case cross-stitched alphabets (lacking lower case d) and numerals, over […]
Lot 673: Needlework House Sampler
Schoolgirl needlework sampler, alphabet over six rows of various motifs including two buildings (possibly schools), cornucopia, vases of flowers, man, woman with vase on head, wreaths, and fountain. Unsigned, in a later frame. 21-1/2" x 22-1/2" sight, 25" x 26" framed. Provenance: Hendersonville, TN collection; acquired by consignor from the estate auction of actress Bette […]
Lot 46: Signed and dated 1827 Tennessee Sampler
Rare and relatively early Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, signed Margaret D. Robinson, “Aprile th 14″ (sic), 1827. Wide floral border enclosing three upper case alphabets rendered in four-sided stitch, eyelet stitch, and cross stitch plus a lower case alphabet in cross stitch, a row of numbers and 9 geometric dividing bands. Later molded […]
Lot 189: 1844 Tennessee Needlework Sampler, Polk
1844 Middle Tennessee signed silk on linen needlework sampler, worked in a red and green color palette with a lower band of floral sprigs, wreath, and butterfly motifs, all common to samplers from this region. Floral and geometricband border over nine lines of alphabet and numbers in varying cases and colors. Signed "Polk", a common […]
Lot 185: Tennessee Needlework Sampler 1833
Tennessee needlework sampler signed Ellen Moredaunt Oldham, Mrs. Ellis's Female Academy, Davidson Tennessee (Nashville), Jan. 28th 1833. Wide floral border with geometric top over five lines of alphabet in varying cases and colors,each separated by a row showcasing different kinds of stitches including straight, cross, rice, closed herringbone, eyelet, Queen's, lazy daisy, four sided stitch […]
Lot 57: East Tennessee sampler, Minerva Carmack 1845
East Tennessee house and alphabet sampler by Minerva E. Carmack, 1845. Alphabet with house design. Wear to the middle of sample where it may have been folded. Small hole, approx. 1/4″ to center. Some wear to outer middle margins. Sampler has been glued down on paper board. Sight 11″x 14″, framed 18 5/8″ H x […]
2023 Winter Auction Preview
Here is an early preview of our January 28th and 29th auction, to be held at our headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee. Carroll Cloar (American/Tennessee/Arkansas, 1913-1993), acrylic on board painting titled The Explorer, depicting a man in a rowboat viewing the landscape with lush green trees and buildings around him with binoculars. Housed in a silver-gilt […]
Lot 230: 1830 Tennessee Portrait Miniature of Kinheche, Chickasaw Indian
Caroline Dudley (Tennessee, 1802-1832) important watercolor miniature portrait painting, depicting Chickasaw Native American dignitary Kinheche in bright garb and headdress holding a bow and arrow. Inscriptions identifying subject as “Kinhichi”, en verso of interior paper liner, and as “Kinhishee” on the exterior of the back of the frame. Housed in a wooden frame with gilt […]
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