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A SILK AND WATERCOLOR-ON-SILK NEEDLEWORK PICTURE DEPICTING A MAN AND WOMAN
A SILK AND WATERCOLOR-ON-SILK NEEDLEWORK PICTURE DEPICTING A MAN AND WOMAN
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A SILK AND WATERCOLOR-ON-SILK NEEDLEWORK PICTURE DEPICTING A MAN AND WOMAN

PROBABLY THE MORAVIAN BOARDING SCHOOL, LITITZ, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED APRIL 25, 1816

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A SILK AND WATERCOLOR-ON-SILK NEEDLEWORK PICTURE DEPICTING A MAN AND WOMAN
PROBABLY THE MORAVIAN BOARDING SCHOOL, LITITZ, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED APRIL 25, 1816
inscribed and dated LITIZ/ April 25th/ 1816. (lower right) and initialed S.A.H. in classical pediment; with eglomise border
19 ½ x 20 in. (sight)

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Lot Essay

Bearing a slight mis-spelling of Lititz, this embroidered picture was likely made by a girl attending the Moravian Boarding School in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The circular format, sequinned border and watercolor background details are all features seen on related works from this school. For an example from this school formerly in the collection of Betty Ring, see Sotheby's, New York, January 22, 2012, lot 646.

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