$9,480
Needlework Band Pattern Sampler, "Sarah Baker 1664," worked in polychrome silk threads in predominantly green, blue, yellow, red, and pink in a range of stitches incorporating intricate bands of delicately embroidered flowers, leaves, and acorns, over two bands of alphabets and upper case inscription "SARAH BAKER 1664" on a natural linen ground, 31 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. mounted in a later molded wood frame. Note: This sampler is believed to have been stitched by Sarah Baker who was born April 24, 1650, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Thomas (1608-1684) and Elizabeth Baker. Sarah married Sebas Jackson on April 16, 1671. Sebas was born in 1642 at sea to Edward and Frances Jackson on their way to America from England. Sebas' father amassed a substantial fortune as a nail maker, and over some time became the largest landowner in Newton, Massachusetts. He gave his son Sebas 150 acres in Newton and built him a house. Sebas and Sarah had six children and when Sebas died at the age of 48 in 1690, Sarah remained in the homestead with five of her six children. Sarah died in 1726. Over the years the homestead remained in the family until it was donated to the City of Newton and is now the home of the Newton History Museum. Literature: A similar sampler is portrayed in Betty Ring's book Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers, Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850 , Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1993, Vol. 1, p. 29. The sampler was stitched by Mary Hollingsworth (1652-1694) of S Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-06-07
