Lot 122: Needlework Memorial Sampler

Estimate: $500 – $700

19th c. framed needlework, memorial picture of a grieving lady dressed in black under a weeping willow, with an obelisk and urn, and a fence with poplar trees and shaded grass, and written on the side of the stone “In Memory of George F. Kuntz, Departed this Life July 26 1816, aged 39 years and 6 month.”, on back “Ancestor of Emily I. Wisner”, a large multi floral needlework border with birds, leaves and star-shaped flowers, minor staining at top and left, exhibited at the Morris Museum, NJ Collector Series, April-June 1991, The Fertig Folk Art Collection, 21″ x 21″ (sight), (ex. Fertig collection).