Lot 159: Very Fine Pictoral Sampler

Lot 159: Very Fine Pictoral Sampler

Exceptional floral border, with two alphabets and numbers, in linen and silk, wrought by Sally T. Alden, (Randolph, MA 1805-1876), depicting a house in a landscape with water and three men in a boat, a woman in white standing nearby, “Conserved in August, 2002 at Windsor Conservation, Dover Mass” (attachment with lot), sewn to a backing board, 16 3/4″ x 17″, (deaccessioned from Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants). 

Estimate: $2,000-3,000

Description

Exceptional floral border, with two alphabets and numbers, in linen and silk, wrought by Sally T. Alden, (Randolph, MA 1805-1876), depicting a house in a landscape with water and three men in a boat, a woman in white standing nearby, “Conserved in August, 2002 at Windsor Conservation, Dover Mass” (attachment with lot), sewn to a backing board, 16 3/4″ x 17″, (deaccessioned from Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants). 

Estimate: $2,000-3,000