Lot Essay
In this elaborate family register sampler Fanny Wilson uses the cross, satin, Rococo (queen), tent, split, straight, oriental, seed and outline stitches.
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WROUGHT BY FANNY WILSON, PHILADELPHIA, DATED 1795
Details
A SILK-ON-MUSLIN ADAM AND EVE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
WROUGHT BY FANNY WILSON, PHILADELPHIA, DATED 1795
with family register of births in the Wilson family above two verses
19 1⁄2 x 15 1⁄2 in.
WROUGHT BY FANNY WILSON, PHILADELPHIA, DATED 1795
with family register of births in the Wilson family above two verses
19 1⁄2 x 15 1⁄2 in.
Provenance
Theodore H. Kapnek, Philadelphia
Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 1981, lot 79
Acquired from above, January 1981
Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 1981, lot 79
Acquired from above, January 1981
Literature
Glee Krueger, A Gallery of American Samplers (New York, 1978), p. 32, pl. 36 and 36A.
"New York Auctions Offer Variety of Type and Price," Antique Monthly, February 1981, p. 18A.
Peter Goodman, Notebook, no. 704.
"New York Auctions Offer Variety of Type and Price," Antique Monthly, February 1981, p. 18A.
Peter Goodman, Notebook, no. 704.
Brought to you by
Cara Zimmerman
Head of Americana and Outsider Art