American framed needle work sampler by Seraphina Learned (c. 1800's) Ceramic Tableware Native American splint ash basket

Native American splint ash basket with carved and bent fixed loop handle which has been flattened at the apex

The square seat is fitted to a conforming scolloped profile frame on cabriole legs terminating in pad feet

and the solid ground are done in three individual repeating patterns that show off the skills of the carver

16” Seat Height

Luminous linocut landscape with flowers in the foreground

American framed needle work sampler by Seraphina Learned (c. 1800's) Ceramic Tableware Native American splint ash basketAmerican sampler of silk floss on linen with a modest zig zag border framing an uppercase letter alphabet, followed by a cursive alphabet, a lower case alphabet, and the numerals one thru nine. The makers name and birth date are given as: Seraphina Learned, born Sept. 30. 1805, preceded by a large upper case letters, A B C D. The lower third of the sampler is given over to a basket of flowers flanked by trailing strawberries. The work has an archival