Sold for:
$1,380
$1,380
Silk Needlework Allegorical Scene, "Semire et Melide. Wrought by Sarah S. Paine, aged 12 years, Charlestown 1826," solidly stitched silk threads on silk depicting two women at a well with sheep, beside a house, watercolor features and distant landscape, printed ink text on silk below, gold border and black glass mat in a giltwood frame, (imperfections), 13 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (sight).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-10-28
