$444
Woodbury, Vermont, Needlework Sampler, "Laura Judson Woodbury/August 25 1832 AD," worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with four rows of alphabets over a band of diamonds and numerals, the name and date line with the initials "ME," possibly the initials of Laura's teacher, the verse "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do[,] do it with thy might," (which is ironic as Mary left her sampler unfinished), over a corner block stitched with baskets, a tabletop set with a pair of candlesticks flanking a basket of fruit, a flowering vine and zigzag border, all enclosed by a leafy vine, (toning), 12 1/2 x 17 in. , in a later red-painted reeded wood frame with bull's-eye corner blocks. Exhibitions: The First Effort of My Infant Hand: Early Vermont Samplers, The Bennington Museum, June 1997-November 1997.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-07-19
