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A SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
A SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

WROUGHT BY MARTHA ANDREWS, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, 1822

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A SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
WROUGHT BY MARTHA ANDREWS, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, 1822
Inscribed Wrought by Martha Andrews Aged 11 years AD 1822
16 x 15½ in. sight

拍品專文

The use of a floral and vine border and the overally symmetry of the composition are characteristic of Middlesex County samplers. Geaneology records show a Martha Andrews born on March 10, 1811 in Middlesex, Massachusetts. Her parents were Eleazer C. Andrews and Mary Andrews.