The Kindig Collection: Important American Furniture, Paintings, Silver & Decorative Arts
The Kindig Collection: Important American Furniture, Paintings, Silver & Decorative Arts
Charles II Needlework Casket, Second Half 17th Century
Auction Closed
January 22, 09:24 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Charles II Needlework Casket
Second Half 17th Century
In the shape of a miniature collector's cabinet, the four sides, depicting Rebecca at the well, Eleazer fetching Rebecca, Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac, Hagar and Ishmael being banished, and Sarah with Isaac and Ishmael; the whole worked in satin, outline, French knot and other stitches.
Height 13 1/2 in. by Width 11 in. by Depth 7 3/4 in.
34.3 cm; 27.9 cm; 19.7 cm
Grace and Elliott Snyder Antiques, South Egremont, MA. Exhibited at Joe Kindig Antiques, Philadelphia Antiques Show, 2007;
Sotheby's, New York, Property from the Collection of Irvin & Anita Schorsch: Hidden Glen Farms, January 20, 2016, sale 9466, lot 479.