American Needlework Sampler Adam and Eve by Lydia Hart 1744

Inscribed recto, silk thread: Adam and Eve [n Paradice That Was The/ir Pedigree They Had A Grant Never To / Die Would They Obedient Be. 1744

Provenance: Skinner Auctioneers, Boston, Massachusetts, "Fine Americana," October 29, 1983, lot 208

Marjorie Schorsch, Greenwich, Connecticut, as agent, 1983

Sold at Visual Grace: Important Folk Art from the Collection of Ralph O. Esmerian at Sotheby's January 25, 2014.