Rare Embroidered and Painted Silk Picture: Token of Gratitude, A. Hanson, Early 19th century

Worked in silk, chenille and ink on silk; signed A. Hanson.

M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 3, 1992.

Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850, vol. I, p. xii

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