Lot 578
  • 578

Rare Embroidered and Painted Silk Picture: Mount Vernon, Anonymous, probably Connecticut, circa 1810

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • height 13 in. by width 16 3/4 in.
Fine embroidered and painted silk picture: Mount Vernon, anonymous, attributed to the Misses' Pattens' School, Hartford, Connecticut, circa 1810.



Worked in silk, chenille and paint on silk; inscribed on the glass (glass replaced).

Provenance

Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut, September 27, 1975.

Exhibited

American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring at the Museum of American Folk Art (p. 89, fig. 141)

Condition

Some discoloration and stain; colors strong.
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Catalogue Note

This scene was based on a print. For a closely related embroidery worked at the Misses Pattens' School in Hartford see Hilda Kassell, Stitches in Time, p.18.