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Lot 4086
Framed Antique Needlework, British
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Worked in multicolor silk on loose ground, type register with alphabet above pious verse by John Bunyan: "He that is down needs fear no fall / He that is low no pride / He that is humble ever shall / Have God to be his guide", centering on a house with avian and floral motifs within floral and bar border, above the house with makers' name "Mary Adams's work aged 10, September 1834," housed under glass in cove molded maple frame.

18 x 22.25 inches framed dimensions

Private Collection, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

With scattered holes, some fading, with loss to corners and borders; not examined out of frame.