Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

November 23, 2024: Premier Americana - Day Three

Sat, Nov 23, 2024 09:00AM EST
  • Samplers
Lot 2475

BRANCHVILLE, NEW JERSEY PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

Estimate: $500 - $800
Sold for
$382.50
Sold Price includes BP

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$100,000 $10,000

 BRANCHVILLE, NEW JERSEY PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, featuring a large basket of flowers to center on a scalloped green base with a four-line verse above titled "Extract", surrounded by various motifs including diamonds, stylized flowers, and crosses, signed below "DORCAS. FISHER / BRANCHVILLE. 1834.", all encompassed by a distinctive leafy scrolling vine frame with flowers and crosses along exterior edges, outer border of heart motifs. Unframed. Dated 1834. 15 3/4" x 17" OA.
Literature: Parallels 1834 sampler by Mary Roe in M. Finkel & Daughter - Samplings: XLVIII, p. 19; and 1833 sampler by Emma Bell, posted by M. Finkel & Daughter on Facebook, 3/6/2022; both of these samplers list location of Branchville and exhibit the same leafy scrolling vine frame.
Catalogue Note: Likely identified as Dorcas Fisher, who born around 1820 in New Jersey to parents Samuel and Elizabeth Fisher. She married Oliver Perry Gillson (Gilson) (1815-1882) some time before 1844, and the couple lived in Deerpark, Orange Co., NY for the majority of their life together, having at least five children. Dorcas died on March 2, 1871 and is buried along with her husband and some of her family at Sparrowbush Pine Hill Cemetery in Sparrow Bush, NY.

Condition

Center in very good overall condition with some fading/fugitive color to silk, a few stains, leafy frame with some light bleeding of color, outer border and edges in fair overall condition with several stains, some holes and tears.

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