embroidery

shorebird scene embroidery

thread on fabricembroidery

Market guide for shorebird scene embroidery, built from 1 supporting screener session and 29 selected comparable market records.

Market range
$60 - $1,800

Most likely $150 · Based on 27 comparable records.

Confidence
Developing evidence

About this item

Period
1980-2020
Category
textile art
Material
thread on fabric
Evidence
Developing evidence

Sources & evidence

We analyze comparable sales from screener sessions and market records, then group them by shared object signals.

Verified comparable records only
Comparables
27
Auction sources
21
Records with images
3
Coverage
2017-2026

Market Examples

Comparable market evidence

Recent auction and sale records linked to this worth guide's object signals.

How we compare
Price range $60 - $1,800 21 sources
Median sold price $160 Midpoint of selected records
Evidence quality Strong 27 selected records
Primary attributes Wood: thread on fabricStyle: contemporary folk-inspired embroideryType: embroidery
All sources 2017-2026 3 with images 27 records analyzed
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Auctions at Showplace

Mar 26, 2026

$200

Folk Art Hand-Embroidered Landscape Scene

Folk Art Hand-Embroidered Landscape Scene, unsigned. Image: 5.5" Diameter; frame: 7.5" Diameter x 1" D. Provenance: From a New York City Collection. Keywords: Embroidery, Textile Art, Fiber Art, Needlework, Cardinal Bird, Abstract, Starry Night, Naive Art

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ASSORTED TEXTILE, NEEDLEWORK, AND SEWING ARTICLES, LOT OF THREE
2

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates

Aug 28, 2025

$122

ASSORTED TEXTILE, NEEDLEWORK, AND SEWING ARTICLES, LOT OF THREE

ASSORTED TEXTILE, NEEDLEWORK, AND SEWING ARTICLES, LOT OF THREE, comprising a probably Pennsylvania linen plain-weave hand / show towel with red/pink thread embroidery, featuring top with various motifs including birds on flowers/trees above signature of "BARBARA MALLES 1829", lower end with motifs consisting of a central peacock flaked by two cross motifs and two handled baskets, applied fring...

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Westport Auction

Jun 13, 2024

$110

INDIAN BEADED & EMBROIDERED SHISHA MOSAIC TEXTILE

Exquisite hand-dyed and quilted piecework textile, ornately adorned throughout with metallic thread embroidery, piecework, couching, beading, and stones, and other examples of fine needlework. Dimensions: L 99" x W 81". Condition: A few small tears and separations to seams (including border); a few faint spots of soiling to border. Wear consistent with age.

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Auctions at Showplace

Sep 25, 2025

$200

Panamanian Mola Textiles, 5

Group of Five Panamanian Mola Textiles, one depicting a crab, giltwood frame, two polychrome geometric designs, gold-tone frames, and two polychrome Greek key meander motifs, wood frames. Largest image: 16.25" H x 11.25" W; frame: 17.25" H x 12.5" W. Provenance: From a New York City Collection. Keywords: Fabric Art, Embroidery, Needlework, Hand-sewn, Colorful, Animalier, Sea creature, 20th Cent...

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Claydon Auctioneers

Apr 8, 2021

£100

A 18thC / 19thC Continental silk embroidery / needlework / textile panel with floral and foliate dec

A 18thC / 19thC Continental silk embroidery / needlework / textile panel with floral and foliate decoration and wirework / metallic thread detail. Approx. 37 1/2" x 34 1/2"

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Antique Patriotic Needlework, Minnesota
6

J. James Auctioneers and Appraisers

Sep 25, 2021

$80

Antique Patriotic Needlework, Minnesota

Antique Patriotic Needlework. Hand made in silk thread embroidery with flags and Minnesota State Seal at Center and "MINNESOTA" at center top field. Needlework is unframed, measures: 18.75" H x 23" W.

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1802 Boston Silk Needlework Memorial Reads: Sacred to the memory of Mrs S Adams
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Early American History Auctions

Oct 21, 2017

$1,800

1802 Boston Silk Needlework Memorial Reads: Sacred to the memory of Mrs S Adams

Federal Period 1802 Dated American Silk Needlework Funeral Memorial Embroidery - "Sacred to the memory of Mrs S Adams" June 25th, 1802-Dated Federal Period, American Hand-Stitched Needlework Silk Thread and Background Funeral Urn Memorial Embroidery, "Sacred to the memory of Mrs S Adams who died AEt. 81. - June 25th 1802," Anonymous maker, Framed at Boston, Very Fine. American, likey from Bosto...

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Mullocks Specialist Auctioneers

Oct 16, 2018

£400

Guru Nanak Embroidery textile - A large oriental textile needlework depicti

Guru Nanak Embroidery textile - A large oriental textile needlework depicting Guru Nanak with floral borders and decorations. The facial feature of the Guru are those of the far-east, evidencing the Guru's far-reaching influence of his teachings. The maker of this embroidery may have been Shanghai, known as a Ramala, which would have been used to cover the Sikh Scriptures The Guru Granth Sahib....

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Forum Auctions - UK

Jan 15, 2026

£65

Needlework.- Celnart (E.F.) Manuel des Demoiselles, second edition, foldin engraved plates, some with hand-colouring, , Paris, Roret, 1827 & others, continental, on needlework & embroidery (c.35)

Needlework.- Celnart (E.F.) Manuel des Demoiselles, second edition, 3 folding engraved plates, 2 with partial hand-colouring, light spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, spine gilt, lower joint split, [Colas 568], Paris, Roret, 1827; Tecnologia Femminile, first Italian edition, 2 with partial hand-colouring, errata leaf, 1826; Etologia Femminile, half-title, folding engraved frontispiece w...

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Terri Peters & Associates

Oct 4, 2025

$175

Uzbek Suzani Hand Stitched Embroidery Textile

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Thomaston Place Auction Galleries

Jun 27, 2025

$80

FRAMED CHINESE DRAGON & PHOENIX GOLDWORK EMBROIDERY

FRAMED CHINESE DRAGON & PHOENIX GOLDWORK EMBROIDERY Hand Stitched Needlework, depicting a five-toed dragon and phoenix bird in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the circular image embroidered on black silk in gold and silver metallic threads, in a fancy molded and gilded wooden frame with dragon design gold silk covered mat, velvet back panel. From the private collection of Sally Jessy Raphael

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Antique Arena Inc

Aug 28, 2021

$70

VINTAGE NEEDLEWORK EMBROIDERY PANEL OF ANIMALS

Vintage needlework embroidery panel, Amidst Folia, depicting colorful wildlife with flowers, tree, deer, squirrel, and bird. Framed. Inscribed and dated 1969, on verso. The auction label on the back. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, lot #168. Please refer to the original paper label on the front.

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Charleston Estate Auctions

May 7, 2023

$60

ANTIQUE FRAMED SILK EMBROIDERY / NEEDLEWORK

Antique Framed Hand Embroidery Needlework on Silk. In frame 24"x24"x 1/2". Weight 6 pds.

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Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates

Mar 21, 2024

$187

SPANISH EMBROIDERY / NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

SPANISH EMBROIDERY / NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, several bands of stylized floral and foliate vines and motifs, center left side featuring "M.i.r.O.n. a.[n?].o. / d.e. 1[6?][9?][1?]", further down with "G.V.A.D.A.L / Z.Q.G.V.P.E." and three small alphabet rows along bottom, edges finished with stitching. Housed under glass in a modern frame, backing paper with handwritten note that reads...

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Dominic Winter Auctions

Mar 10, 2022

£1,500

* Chinese. A collection of fragments of hand-embroidery, 19th/early 20th century

* Chinese. A collection of fragments of hand-embroidery, 19th/early 20th century Chinese. A collection of fragments of hand-embroidery, 19th/early 20th century, comprising: parts of a deconstructed blue figured silk coat with embroidered borders of blue and white flowers; a large gathered cream silk bag, with border to top edge of bats and cranes between braid, handles of matching braid, with e...

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The Benefit Shop Foundation Inc.

Apr 12, 2017

$125

Set 4 Asian Peacock Embroidery on Silk Set Finely detailed hand Embroidery work of Peacocks, Asian Birds, Flora and Fauna on 4 separate Panels. Each signed in Asian Characters, each measures app 26 by 17 inches .Asian Decorative Arts, Asian Crafts, Embro

Set Finely detailed hand Embroidery work of Peacocks, Asian Birds, Flora and Fauna on 4 separate Panels. Each signed in Asian Characters, each measures app 26 by 17 inches .Asian Decorative Arts, Asian Crafts, Embroidery, needlework, peacocks, Cranes.

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Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Dec 8, 2025

A$160

An Antique Uzbek, Suzani Hand Embroidery, Early 20th Century

An Antique Uzbek, Suzani Hand Embroidery, Early 20th Century depicting scrolling floral & foliage motifs in muted earth tones

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18

Loudos Auctions

Dec 3, 2022

€550

A 19th century Ottoman Empire gold hand embroidery on silk velvet robe jacket

A 19th century Ottoman Empire gold hand embroidery on silk velvet robe jacket. Very good condition. H. 85 x W. 63 cm.

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Eldred's

Jan 19, 2019

$120

FRENCH-STYLE ARMCHAIR WITH NEEDLEWORK EMBROIDERY In walnut with carved legs. Needlework depicts birds and flowers on seat and man wi...

FRENCH-STYLE ARMCHAIR WITH NEEDLEWORK EMBROIDERY Mid-20th Century In walnut with carved legs. Needlework depicts birds and flowers on seat and man with an instrument on chair back. Height of seat approximately 17". Height overall 35.75".

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Eldred's

Mar 10, 2018

$200

FRENCH-STYLE ARMCHAIR WITH NEEDLEWORK EMBROIDERY In walnut with carved legs. Needlework depicts birds and flowers on seat and man wi...

FRENCH-STYLE ARMCHAIR WITH NEEDLEWORK EMBROIDERY Mid 20th-Century In walnut with carved legs. Needlework depicts birds and flowers on seat and man with an instrument on chair back. Height of seat approximately 17". Height overall 35.75".

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21

Montgomery Auction

Mar 28, 2021

$300

Chinese embroidery needlework, a bird standing on a

Chinese embroidery needlework, a bird standing on a tree branch, framed. Embroidery size: 35 X 175cm.

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Montgomery Auction

Sep 3, 2020

$550

Chinese embroidery needlework, a bird standing on a

Chinese embroidery needlework, a bird standing on a tree branch, framed. Embroidery size: 35 X 175cm.

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Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates

Jun 20, 2024

$62

UNIDENTIFIED ANTIQUE EMBROIDERY / NEEDLEWORK

UNIDENTIFIED ANTIQUE EMBROIDERY / NEEDLEWORK, silk and wool on linen, three strips of stitching, each featuring flower vines with boteh-form leaves with sawtooth edges, alternating with remnants / unfinished stitching. Housed under glass in a modern frame. Possibly European, Middle Eastern, or South Asian origin. 19th century, or possibly earlier. 12 1/4" x 16" object, 16 3/4" x 20 3/4" OA.

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Winter Associates, Inc.

Nov 7, 2022

$100

TEXTILES: Two framed 19th C. works, one woolwork and one needlework embroidery, including: needlework, center floral spray with red and pink surrounded by oat and wheat design, 17" x 18".; and a woolwork picture, girl...

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Ripley Auctions

Dec 17, 2025

$120

Vintage hand pieced quilt with alternating blocks of pink and needlework embroidery flowers 81 1/4"H x 71 3/4"W

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26

Auctions at Showplace

Jan 16, 2024

$200

Chinese Needlework Embroidery Blue Silk Panel

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Auctions at Showplace

Jan 22, 2023

$200

Signed Antique Silk Needlework Textile

Signed silk needlework textile panel hand-embroidered with a scene of figures and animals amongst a rocky seaside landscape, within a polychrome floral border, circa nineteenth century or earlier, signed "Emilia Munor" below, housed under glass in a gilt and gessoed wood frame. Image: 13" H x 11" W; frame: 19" H x 17" W.

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Identification

Key object facts

Item Type
embroidery
Category
textile art
Pattern
shorebird scene
Style
contemporary folk-inspired embroidery
Material
thread on fabric
Technique
surface embroidery
Era
1980-2020
Motifs
birds, shorebirds, marsh grasses, flowers, shells, nature scene
Recognition Recognition signals
  • Key identification signals include pattern shorebird scene, form embroidery, material thread on fabric.
  • Framed hand-embroidered textile depicting two small shorebirds in a marshy landscape, worked in raised and flat stitches on a brown ground with grasses, shells, and small flowers.
  • This guide is currently supported by 30 comparable-market records in the strongest linked screener session.
Drivers Value drivers
  • Condition and completeness are material for embroidery.
  • Pattern attribution matters because collectors often pay materially different prices for correctly identified shorebird scene examples.
  • Thread On Fabric examples should be checked for wear, repairs, restoration, and replacement parts.
Market Market context
  • The median selected comparable price for this cluster is about $175.
  • contemporary folk-inspired embroidery style cues help separate this group from broader embroidery listings that often dilute market comps.
  • Thread On Fabric condition, restoration, and finish quality can materially shift asking and sold prices.
  • This page currently surfaces 29 hand-selected comparable records for shorebird scene embroidery.

Evidence

How this guide was assembled

  • This worth guide is based on 1 supporting screener session clustered into the same topic.
  • Observed value signals across supporting evidence span roughly $110 to $190.
  • Overall evidence quality for this cluster is currently developing evidence.
  • Comparable evidence is drawn from 21 auction sources in the selected evidence set.

Coverage

Source coverage and evidence quality

  • The current cluster is supported by 1 screener session that normalized into the same worth topic.
  • The strongest linked session for this cluster captured 30 comparable market records.
  • Selected comparables span 21 distinct auction sources.
  • Comparable dates on this page currently cover 2017-2026.

Questions

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What is a shorebird scene embroidery?

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What affects the value of a embroidery?

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What is the typical market range for shorebird scene embroidery?

Current supporting screener evidence suggests a broad market range around $110 to $190, depending on condition and attribution.

Hand Embroidered Birds?

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How much is shorebird scene embroidery worth?

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Intent

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