AN AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK DARNING SCHOOL SAMPLER

AN AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK DARNING SCHOOL SAMPLER

BY RACHEL PASSMORE, PENNSYLVANIA

worked with seven differing darning square designs, signed and dated 'Rachel Passmore West Town 1819', in a glazed mahogany frame

24.6 x 28.1cm

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, Important American Schoolgirl Embroideries: The Landmark Collection of Betty Ring, 22nd January 2012, lot 635.

N. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.