Furniture and Works of Art - 8th January 2015
Lot 374
A mid 19th century silkwork embroidery of Mount Vernon
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £1600
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Description
A mid 19th century silkwork embroidery of Mount Vernon, worked en grisaille showing the mansion in a parkland setting and with small boats on the Potomac river, 35 x 47.7cm in a later glazed giltwood moulded frame.
Provenance: by repute worked by Elizabeth Owen (Leila), b.1823 d.1874 and handed down through her family.
Mount Vernon was the home of George Washington from 1754 until his death in 1799.