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Garden of Eden Needlepoint Sampler, Amelia George, Cornwall, England, 1834.
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Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Garden of Eden Needlepoint Sampler, Amelia George, Cornwall, England, 1834. Fine plain-woven wool ground worked predominantly in cross-stitched silk threads, with satin-stitched and stumpwork details, the top register depicting symmetrical house and yard populated by deer, dogs, and waterfowl, above a verse reading 'Have not Eve and Adam taught us, / Their sad Profit to compute / To what dismal State they brought us, / When they stole forbidden Fruit.' inside a square foliate border, the lower half depicting large apple tree with serpent, Adam, and Eve at trunk, the surrounding field densely ornamented with discrete bird, flower, cupid, and insect motifs, signed 'Amelia. George. December the 16th 1834.' at bottom, (sight) 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in., (frame) 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. Footnotes: Provenance The collection of Eric van Rooy. M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 18 September 1997. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Garden of Eden Needlepoint Sampler, Amelia George, Cornwall, England, 1834. Fine plain-woven wool ground worked predominantly in cross-stitched silk threads, with satin-stitched and stumpwork details, the top register depicting symmetrical house and yard populated by deer, dogs, and waterfowl, above a verse reading 'Have not Eve and Adam taught us, / Their sad Profit to compute / To what dismal State they brought us, / When they stole forbidden Fruit.' inside a square foliate border, the lower half depicting large apple tree with serpent, Adam, and Eve at trunk, the surrounding field densely ornamented with discrete bird, flower, cupid, and insect motifs, signed 'Amelia. George. December the 16th 1834.' at bottom, (sight) 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in., (frame) 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. Footnotes: Provenance The collection of Eric van Rooy. M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 18 September 1997. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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