A SILK- AND WOOL-ON-LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER DEPICTING A BLUE CHURCH
WROUGHT BY SARAH ANN GRAFFIN (1826-1911), LEHIGH VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1839
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A SILK- AND WOOL-ON-LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER DEPICTING A BLUE CHURCH
WROUGHT BY SARAH ANN GRAFFIN (1826-1911), LEHIGH VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1839
signed and dated Sarah Ann Graffin February 4th 1839 at center
17 ¼ x 18 in.
Provenance
M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, 2004
Lot Essay
The daughter of Thomas Graffin (1793-1860) and Rachael (Schmoyer) Graffin (1797-1883), Sarah Ann Graffin was baptised in Schoenersville and later lived in Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
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