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Furniture of Rural New England With Rare Pieces of the Pilgrim Century, Terry and Banjo Clocks, Hooked Rugs and Embroideries, Staffordshire and Lustre ... P. Soden, Naples, Maine, Sold by Her Order - Hardcover

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9780265841624: Furniture of Rural New England With Rare Pieces of the Pilgrim Century, Terry and Banjo Clocks, Hooked Rugs and Embroideries, Staffordshire and Lustre ... P. Soden, Naples, Maine, Sold by Her Order

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Excerpt from Furniture of Rural New England With Rare Pieces of the Pilgrim Century, Terry and Banjo Clocks, Hooked Rugs and Embroideries, Staffordshire and Lustre Ware, Sandwich Glass, Pewter: The Collection of Mrs. Charles P. Soden, Naples, Maine, Sold by Her Order

We reserve for especial commendation the specimens of early Amer ican handicraft peculiar to a now vanished type - the demure needlewoman of our ancestors - and chiefly consisting of homespun and quilted cover lets and embroideries including a rare gros point table cover [no. An important quilted patchwork cover from Virginia [no. 347] acquired from the George H. Ketcham Collection, Toledo, and exhibited in the Toledo Museum and a hand-woven blue-and-white coverlet [no. 354] of New England work, circa 1840.

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