American framed needle work sampler by Seraphina Learned (c. 1800's)American sampler of silk floss on linen with a modest zig zag border framing an uppercase letter alphabet, followed by a cursive alphabet, a lower case alphabet, and the numerals one thru nine. The makers name and birth date are given as: Seraphina Learned, born Sept. 30. 1805, preceded by a large upper case letters, A B C D. The lower third of the sampler is given over to a basket of flowers flanked by trailing strawberries. The work has an archival

Dimensions: 11-7/8” W x 11-5/8” D x 19-3/4” H

American turtle back

Dimensions: 5-1/4" L x 5-1/4" W

Condition: Some marks to the lacquer surface and fading to areas of the gilt tracery

SKU: 1481

Materials: Vellum

The carvings feature framed images of the Himalayas on the sides and a Naga on the lid

but was also a lithographer

and remained for many years in France (1770-93 and 1803-16)

SKU: 1314

Color Lithograph

and dated 1793