Needlework Family Record

Description:

Needlework Family Record, "Executed by Virginia Manchester Holmes Hole Sept 2 1819 Aged 12 years," probably Tisbury, Massachusetts, silk threads on a linen ground with needlework lettering listing the vital statistics of Capt. T. Manchester and Miss A.B. Winslow and their seven children, enclosed in a border with rectangular segments centered with a flower, and with a cross in each corner, in shades of green, cream, and blue, (toning, stains),17 x 16 1/2 in., in a veneered wood frame.

Note: A genealogical search records that several members listed on the record resided in Tisbury, Massachusetts, in Dukes County.
Estimate $800-1,200

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