Lot 89
89
A SILK PICTORIAL SAMPLER ON GREEN LINSEY-WOOLSEY
PROPERTY FROM THE STONINGTON COLLECTION
A SILK PICTORIAL SAMPLER ON GREEN LINSEY-WOOLSEY

WORKED BY SINA HALL (1802-1869), WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, DATED 1811

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A SILK PICTORIAL SAMPLER ON GREEN LINSEY-WOOLSEY
WORKED BY SINA HALL (1802-1869), WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, DATED 1811
Inscribed with alphabets within a rectangular frame headed by a row of numbers and Sina Hall's Sampler, Wrought at Wallingford, August 10, 1811 Youth like the spring will soon be past
15½ in. high, 17¾ in. wide
Provenance
Sold, Skinner's, Inc., Bolton, Massachusetts
Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut, 1987

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Lot Essay

Jewel-like colors highlight the chimney, sky and fence of this rare pictorial sampler with a green linsey-woolsey ground, a material made with a linen warp and woolen weft. With precisely executed strawberry and Greek key borders, this work displays a remarkable level of refinement and accomplishment. The daughter of David Moses Hall (1777-1842) and Mindwell Beach (d. 1842) of Wallingford, Sina Hall most likely attended Union Academy, which was run by the Reverend Joshua Bradley from 1809 to 1818. She married Justus Preston (b. 1793) and they had six children (additional information provided by Carol and Stephen Huber).

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