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antique silk embroidered picture
antique silk embroidered picture
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.