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WROUGHT BY REBECKAH M. LOCKE, POSSIBLY MASSACHUSETTS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A SILK, LINEN AND WOOL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
WROUGHT BY REBECKAH M. LOCKE, POSSIBLY MASSACHUSETTS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Bearing inscribed verse Short is our longest day of life: And soon its prospect ends. Bet on tat day: uncertain day: Eternal Years depend.
15½ x 15½ inches sight
WROUGHT BY REBECKAH M. LOCKE, POSSIBLY MASSACHUSETTS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Bearing inscribed verse Short is our longest day of life: And soon its prospect ends. Bet on tat day: uncertain day: Eternal Years depend.
15½ x 15½ inches sight
Provenance
Christie's New York, January 21, 1989, lot 386