943

AMERICAN SAMPLER.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:175.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 700.00 USD
AMERICAN SAMPLER.

Bidding Over

The auction is over for this lot.
The auctioneer wasn't accepting online bids for this lot.

Contact the auctioneer for information on the auction results.

Search for other lots to bid on...
Auction Date:2011 Sep 03 @ 10:00 (UTC-4 : AST/EDT)
Location:2690 Stratford Road, Box 369, Delaware, Ohio, 43015, United States
AMERICAN SAMPLER.
Sarah J. Billings, probably New York, 1840, silk on linen. Alphabets and numbers over verse, striped baskets and a picket fence. Signed and dated "Aged 13 years / August 22 1840". In a frame, 19 1/2"h. 18 3/4"w.

Research located a Sarah J. Billings, born in 1827 in New York, who married Lewis Cass Knight (b.1831) of Newstead, Erie County, New York in 1851.


Condition: In old veneer frame, Bunch Auctions, Chadds Ford, PA. label on reverse.

Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by our Conditions of Sale.