$2,600
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
The Pennsylvania Sale featuring The Hedgerow Theatre Collection
Auction: October 28, 2020 10:00:00 AM EDT
Silk threads on linen, backboard inscribed in graphite, "Dear Mary/ This was worked by thy/ great grandmother, Aunt Mary's/ mother/ Mary Taylor Randolph/ when she was a/ child, aff. thy Father/ Geo. Wood" and "Mary Taylor Randolph/ when she was a/ child/ From Thy/ Aunt Juliana Wood/1909/ November 14th," with additional family descent below, framed.
11 1/2 in. x 14 5/8 in. (sight)Provenance: By descent in the Randolph/Wood/Foulkes family to the present owner.
Mary Taylor was born in Philadelphia to Samuel Taylor (1761-1810) and Mary Richardson Taylor. She was the granddaughter of silversmith Joseph Richardson, Jr. Mary married Edward Randolph (1784-1834) in 1809 and their daughter Julianna Randolph was born in 1810.