Live Auction 2670Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Prints
A SILK COAT OF ARMS NEEDLEWORK ON SILK
Lot 83 PROPERTY FROM THE STONINGTON COLLECTION

A SILK COAT OF ARMS NEEDLEWORK ON SILK

WORKED BY SALLY PUTNAM, NEW ENGLAND, 1790-1810

Closed25 January 2013

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A SILK COAT OF ARMS NEEDLEWORK ON SILK
WORKED BY SALLY PUTNAM, NEW ENGLAND, 1790-1810
Inscribed By the name of Putnam wrought by Sally Putnam lower center.
14¼ in. high, 10 in. wide

Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut, 1980

Specialist note

For related examples, see Susan B. Swan, Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850 (Austin, Texas, 1995), p. 183, fig. 99.