Sunday, September 1, 2013

Needlework Sampler

Needlework Sampler, "MARTHA BRADLEY BORN JANUARY THE 31 IN Ye YEAR 1774 AGD TWELVE YEARS," Dracut, Massachusetts, 1786, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with rows of alphabets over signature lines, surrounded by solid-stitched floral borders on three sides and lower geometric border, (background linen toned), 13 x 10 1/2 in., unframed. 

Note: Martha Bradley was the daughter of Amos and Elesebeth Bradley of Dracut, Massachusetts. 

Sold for: $7,110
Copy and photo from Skinner Auction.

2 comments:

  1. Neat!!! I found 2 of these in a old barn in a pile of rubble one time. One was dated 1779. The maker thanked her Mother and Father "for teaching her the skills the vulgar never knew" I sold it for $800.00 and paid 2 months rent for my son in law and daughter. The other was undated and I sold it for $400.00 and they paid for 1 months rent. The rent money went to the man who had thrown them into the piles in the barn. "pearls before swine"

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  2. My conscience should have bothered me for stealing but sadly to say, It didn't.

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