Bidspirit auction | Needlework Sampler and Chintz Broderie

Needlework Sampler and Chintz Broderie Perse Applique Panel - An American Girlhood Silk on Linen Pictorial Needlework House Sampler, Early 19th Century. Unfinished and unframed. Together with an American broderie perse chintz applique panel, first half 19th century. Dimensions: Dimensions of needlework approximately 20 x 17 1/2in; Dimensions of broderie perse approximately 19 x 14in. Provenance:  Property from the Collection of C. Thomas Attix Jr., East Windsor, New Jersey. Footnote:  Broderie Perse is French for ”Persian Embroidery”, a technique where fabric such as birds and flowers are cut-out and appliqued onto another fabric to create a design. This technique was traditionally worked in Chintz fabrics and gained its height of popularity in the United states in the late 18th-early 19th century and earlier in Europe during the 17th century. Broderie Perse likely made its way from India where much of the chintz fabric was printed. Condition: Wear commensurate with age and use. In overall good condition, minor discolorations.