A SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

POSSIBLY VIRGINIA, DATED 1746

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A SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Possibly Virginia, dated 1746
Rectangular, worked in gold, green, blue and black silk threads on a linen ground with alphabetic and numeric registers with the date 1746 above a floral and geometric motifs with initials EF, IRMR, SH, E, bears a paper label inscribed Worked by Sarah Riddell
10x19in.

Lot Essay

According to family tradition this work descended through the Riddell Family of Virginia. This sampler relates to a group of samplers from 18th century Virginia, if indeed from Virginia, it is one of the earliest Virginia textiles. See "The First Effort of an Infant Hand," Antiques

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