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Rebecca Spears Pennsylvania Needlework Sampler1845

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 500.00 USD
Rebecca Spears Pennsylvania Needlework Sampler1845
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Featured on page 46 of "Made In Pennsylvania: A Folk Art Tradition", by The Westmoreland Museum of American Art: Rebecca Spears (1833-1905) and her younger sister Sarah Jane lived in Dunbar, Fayette County, near Uniontown, where their father owned a gristmill. With its central basket of flowers, Rebecca's sampler is strikingly similar to that of her sister. Silk on linen 12 1/4" x 14", framed 15" x 17"