May 3, 2022 10:00 EST
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
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Two Quaker needlework samplers
Southeastern Pennsylvania, early 19th century
The first, inscribed "Elizabeth Jones," "Samuel Jones" and "Martha Jones," worked with floral sprigs enclosing reserve with alphabet, religious verse, silk threads on linen ground basted to original backing paper; together with an Ackworth School-patterned sampler, silk threads on linen ground basted to original paper backing, with alphabet inscribed on verso.
16 1/2 in. x 21 in. (larger), 9 1/2 in. x 8 in. (smaller, textile only)
Provenance
Private collection, New Jersey.
Sold for $2,142
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
The first, inscribed "Elizabeth Jones," "Samuel Jones" and "Martha Jones," worked with floral sprigs enclosing reserve with alphabet, religious verse, silk threads on linen ground basted to original backing paper; together with an Ackworth School-patterned sampler, silk threads on linen ground basted to original paper backing, with alphabet inscribed on verso.
Provenance
Private collection, New Jersey.
Note
Elizabeth Jones (1803-1843), the daughter of Samuel and Martha Jones, lived in Blockley Township (now defunct and incorporated into the City of Philadelphia in 1854) and attended the Radnor Monthly Meeting.
