An English Silkwork: The Sacrifice of Isaac, circa 1685
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April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
An English Silkwork: The Sacrifice of Isaac
circa 1685
the pattern attributed to John Nelham
17 x 20½ in. (43.2 x 52.1 cm.)
Ruth Troiani, Avon, Connecticut
Sotheby's, New York, The Joan Stephens Collection: Important Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, January 19, 1997, sale 6942, lot 2119
Wolf Family Collection No. 1127 (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's, New York, The Joan Stephens Collection: Important Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, January 19, 1997, sale 6942, lot 2119
Wolf Family Collection No. 1127 (acquired from the above)
This embroidery is a characteristic example belonging to a recognizable group with designs attributed to London pattern drawer John Nelham. English textile scholar Margaret swain discovered a related piece bearing John Nelham's signature and address and has confirmed the attribution of this work. See Swain, "John Nelham's Needlework Panel," The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 65, 1982, pp. 3-16.
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