Barbara Gerz Pictorial Needlework Sampler Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1810 Barbara Gerz worked this stunning graphic large sampler in 1810. The central house is flanked with fencing , arbor, large trees, and a standing couple. The grass covered foreground is populated with several fat grazing sheep, a girl working the hand crank well and another girl watering a large bush. The finely stitched highly detailed pleasing scene is surrounded with a flowering vine border. The sampler is conservation mounted in a mahogany and figured maple frame and is in good condition with a few small areas of loss or weakness to the linen; the needlework itself is in excellent condition . Silk on linen; 23 ¼" x 29 ½" framed. $6,800 STEPHEN & CAROL HUBER (860) 388-6809 Hubers@AntiqueSamplers.com View Other Samplers