The Chandler Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms, worked by Lucretia Chandler, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1760-1780
Auction Closed
April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Chandler Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms
circa 1760-1780
worked in silver-wrapped and silk threads on a black silk ground, with original pine frame and glass bearing label of Joseph Stokes, Milk Street, Boston on reverse
27 x 27 in. (68.6 x 68.6 cm.)
Made for Judge John Chandler (1693-1762), Worcester County, Massachusetts
Descended in the Chandler family
Herbert H. Hosmer, South Lancaster, Massachusetts
Jess Pavey, Birmingham, Michigan
Irving Minett, Birmingham, Michigan
Israel Sack, Inc. New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 1189 (acquired from the above on May 22, 2001)
Descended in the Chandler family
Herbert H. Hosmer, South Lancaster, Massachusetts
Jess Pavey, Birmingham, Michigan
Irving Minett, Birmingham, Michigan
Israel Sack, Inc. New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 1189 (acquired from the above on May 22, 2001)
South Lancaster, Massachusetts, The John Greene Chandler Memorial Museum
Israel Sack Inc., Celebrating our 90th Anniversary, New York, 1993, p. 96, no. P-6483
Descended in the family of Judge John Chandler of Worcester, Massachusetts. According to family tradition, this needlework was embroidered by Lucretia Chandler, born 1728, or by her daughter, Lucretia Chandler, born 1762. The needlework dates circa 1765-1780 and was set in its present frame during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. The frame is of American manufacture and bears the rare label of Joseph Stokes located on Milk Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Joseph Stokes is listed in the Boston Business Directory in 1798.
You May Also Like
