Florentina Tabiel de Andrade i Comesana
Spain, 1839
new
sampler size: 16” x 16¼” •
framed size: 17¾” x 18¾” •
price:
$3300
Excellent sampler made by nine-year-old Florentina Tabiel de Andrade i Comesaña in 1839. This sampler, along with 11 others, is discussed in a recent essay, Samplers from Spain: An Introduction by Dr. Lynne Anderson, Founder and Director of the Sampler Consortium and Director of the Sampler Archive Project, which can be read here.
Inscription:
Lo hizo a los 9 años de edad, Florentina Tabiel de Andrade i Comesaña, Año de 1839.
Translation:
Made at the age of 9, by Florentina Tabiel de Andrade i Comesaña, in 1839.
The sampler is in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted and is in a molded mahogany frame.