Worked in blue and gold silk threads on loose linen ground, with alphabet and number rows, bottom register reads "Julia Ann Draper was born March 29th / 1819 and wrought this in 1829 instructed by / Miss Lavinia Colby Bradford Vt."

SS 12 x 13 in.; DOA 13.5 x 14.5 in.

Property from the Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Gimesh, Fayetteville, NC

Lavinia Colby is listed on the "Bradford Academy Roster of November 1828" of Bradford, Vermont, and was likely the daughter of Jacob Colby, who is listed on the 1840 United States Federal Census as living in Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont.

Good condition; with some soiling; not examined out of frame.

$300 - 600