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155 AMERICAN SAMPLER. Evelina S. Gilman, probably Maine, early 19th century, silk on linen. Sets of alphabets above floral basket flanked by large birds perched on tiered trees, all on a rolling lawn scattered with flowers. Signed “Evelina S. Gilman her sampler wrought in her 12th year”. Good colors. Framed, 16”h. 17”w. Research located Evelina A. Gilman, born in 1825, the youngest of nine children born to Enoch and Olive Gilman of Jackson, Waldo County, Maine. See Pook & Pook, September 20, 2003, lot 93, for very similar Maine sampler. $1,500-$2,500 156 CANADIAN FAMILY REGISTER SAMPLER. Patience Steel, Sophiasburg, Ontario, ca. 1831, silk, wool on canvas. Records birth date of maker (1813) in “Bay Quinta U Canada” and the death date of her father, Matthew, in 1815, a “moved to Je[u]ay” in 1816 and either Patience’s or her mother, Jane’s marriage to William Richards in 1831 {in] Cotton Township SC. Large bird worked wool and outline of a dwelling. Some imperfections. Framed, 16 1/2”h. 11”w. $225-$450
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157 SAMPLER. American, early 19th century, silk on linen. Three sets of alphabets and short religious verse worked in dark thread over three buildings with interspersed trees. Distinctive flowering vine border partly worked in stem stitch. Very slight imperfections. In modern frame, 18”h.17”w. $300-$500
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