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Sampler by Elizabeth Uncle, Aged 11, National Girls School

1871

Cast Paper with Hand-Coloring 19 x 19 inches Signed and Numbered 4/15 *In Plexiglass Shadowbox Frame (27.5 x 27.5 inches) Figurative* artist Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx in 19...

Woven Apache Basket with Dog and Human Motif Late 19th century - Early 20th century Woven from Willow and Devil's Claw Apache is a collective term for several culturally related groups of Native Americans living primarily in the Southwest, which includes the Jicarilla and the Western Apache. Because they were a nomadic people, though usually within a very limited territory, they did not take to making pottery (with some exceptions such as Tammie Allen of Jicarilla). They did, however, weave, and became very skilled in the art of Basketry. The Jicarilla Apache basketry...

1834 'Knowledge' Sampler by Ann Kelk. The sampler is worked in silk on a linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Simple embroidered border. Colors black, crea...

A delightful 1767 sampler depicting the alphabet and floral motif. Signed and dated. Presented in a dark wooden frame. On cotton.