antique silk embroidered picture
Pictorial Needlework
Attributed to “Misses Martin’s School”, Portland, Maine
c. 1817
Embroidered silk and paint on silk
Sight 11 ½” x 14 ¾”; Framed 17” x 20”
The child on the left holds a book with “A B C” on the left page and the initials “S O P” on the right.
$8,500
Illustrated: For a closely related example from Misses Martin’s School, see Betty Ring, Girl Hood Embroidery, American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850, Volume 1, Fig. 292.