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March 7, 2025: Winter Americana - Day Three

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  2025-03-07 09:00:00 2025-03-07 09:00:00 America/New_York Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates : March 7, 2025: Winter Americana - Day Three https://live.jeffreysevans.com/auctions/jeffrey-evans/march-7-2025-winter-americana---day-three-18096
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Lot 2037

WARWICK, PENNSYLVANIA LINEN PLAIN-WEAVE HAND / SHOW TOWEL

Estimate: $200 - $300
Starting Bid
$100

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WARWICK, PENNSYLVANIA LINEN PLAIN-WEAVE HAND / SHOW TOWEL, red/pink cotton embroidery on linen, top edge signed "Anny / Conrad" flanked by floral motifs with a crested bird perched on the center motif, below reads "Anny Conrad is my name and so it shall remain Warwick / is my station heaven is my Dwelling Place Christ / is my Salvation the Rose is Read [sic] the leaves are / green the days are past wich [sic] I have seen If I am / Dead and in my grave and all my boons [sic] are Rodden [sic] / If this you see Remember at me least I shall be / Forgotten . March th 19 [sic] AD 1838", two rows of motifs at center and lower edge, applied fringe along top and bottom of towel, two hanging loops at top corners. Dated 1838. 17 1/4" W, 61 1/2" LOA.
Literature: Text and floral motifs at lower corners similar to Schiffer Historical Needlework of Pennsylvania, p. 151, upper left fig., 1841 towel by Mary Nissly of Rapho, Lancaster Co., PA.
Catalogue Note: There are three different Warwick Townships in three adjacent Pennsylvania counties - Lancaster, Bucks, and Chester Co. This towel shares characteristics to the towel by Mary Nissly, making Lancaster Co. a good candidate for the origin of this present lot. Currently, the identity of Anny Conrad is unknown.

Condition

Very good overall condition with overall toning, a small hole along edge in lower section, thread with some light fading/fugitive color, top and middle fringe with some tears and losses along end edges.

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New England Auctions, 1/16/2021, lot 339.
Ex-collection of the late Howard and Nancy Wagner, Beavercreek, OH.