Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
The Howard Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms, worked by Lucy Howard at Mary Balch's School, Providence, Rhode Island, dated 1806
No reserve
Auction Closed
April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Howard Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms
dated 1806
worked in polychrome silk, gold and silver threads in various stitches on a silk ground, featuring a central shield with scrolling leaves and chains; the lower banner embroidered BY THE NAME OF HOWARD with fleur-de-lis and roses and signed Lucy Howard lower right
23¼ x 23¼ in. (59.1 x 59.1 cm.)
Skinner Inc., Boston, American Furniture and Decorative Arts, February 23, 2003, lot 102
[with] Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 1195 (acquired from the above on February 23, 2003)
[with] Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 1195 (acquired from the above on February 23, 2003)