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THBBRITISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
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About Auction
LiveJun 27, 2025
Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc. info@jeffreysevans.com
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- Lot Description
BRITISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, wool and silk on linen, top row with alternating pictorial motifs including birds, dogs, butterflies flower baskets, and a central vase of flowers, below featuring three alphabet rows, signature of "HANNAH HARDISTY AGED 10 YEARS AD 183[4]", and a verse row, all segmented by horizontal bands of decorative stitching, lower half with biblical text from Genesis chapter 3, verses 6-8, flanking a depiction of Adam and Eve at the Tree of Life with the serpent, which shows large bird perched at the top, the bottom edge having a garden fence and gate in addition to plants and animals, a vine with flowers and strawberries to three sides. Housed under UV glass in a wooden frame. Dated 1834. 16 1/2" x 18 7/8" sight, 18 1/2" x 20 7/8" OA.
Catalogue Note: The maker is probably identified as Hannah Hardisty, who was born in 1823 in Norwood, Fewston, North Yorkshire, England to parents Joshua Hardisty (1788-1855) and Hannah Leuty (1793-1879). It appears Hannah never married and lived with her parents until her death on January 6, 1853. She is buried at St. Michael and St. Lawrence Churchyard in Fewston.Condition
Thread in very good visual condition with a few scattered losses and some fugitive color, stitching for "4" in date has been removed but tracings still visible, linen in fair to good visual condition with toning most notably around dark thread, some scattered stains and spotting, and a few holes including around Adam, frame with wear and other imperfections. Not examined out of frame.
- Provenance
From the collection of Bettianne Sweeney, Williamsburg, VA.
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