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      Early American Antiques  

Sewing Pocket, late 18th/early 19th century.  A single pocket made of a hand-sewn patchwork that includes roller prints, brown ground prints, and embroideries, sewn onto a base fabric of loosely woven linen, and bound in an assortment of additional brown ground prints.  A rare, early pocket that remains in very fine condition with small areas of toning and a small area of repair to one triangle piece.  For similar examples, see Plain & Fancy; American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850 by Susan Burrows Swan, page 216-217, figure 123; Winterthur Museum collection item #1960.1013.1.  Dimensions:  width across top 6”, bottom 11.5”; height 15.75”.