Maria Walters' Needlework Sampler, 19th Century

Worked in polychrome silk on linen ground, with pious verse flanked with urns and floral motifs, maker's name and date within a sawtooth panel reading "Maria Walters / Aged 10 Years / June 12, 1828" and with vine and floral border, presented in walnut frame.

SS 12.25 x 10.75 in.; DOA 13.25 x 11.75

Estate of Isabel Murray Bernfeld, Hamilton, NC

Good estate condition; with minor soiling; not examined out of frame.