Auction 32 · Lot 296
Elaborate Needlepoint: “Honor thy Father and thy Mother.” Biblical passage in Hebrew and English with decorative birds and flowers surrounding text. With personal message “From Dora, 1898.”
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ANGLO-JUDAICA). Graphic Art. From the Daniel M. Friedenberg Collection (and other properties).
Place
England, 1898
Description
Framed
summary
The previous owner relates that when as a child he and his siblings might misbehave, their father would insist they stand facing the wall upon which this needlepoint hung, and contemplate the message inherent!
17.25 x 20.5 inches
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