3 EARLY 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK

SAMPLERS. TO INCLUDE: UNFRAMED DATED 1819 SAMPLER WROUGHT BY EUNICE CRAY AT 12 YEARS OLD, ALPHABET AT TOP, CENTRAL TREE OF LIFE SURROUNDED BY ANIMALS, THREE FLOWER POTS AT BASE (12 1/2" X 8", OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH VERY MINOR DYE VARIATION AMONG THE EMBROIDERY). DATED JULY 8, 1823 SAMPLER WROUGHT BY ZILPAH TORREY, 8 YEARS OLD, IN KILLINGLY, CT, SERIES OF ALPHABETS AND NUMBERS AT TOP, VERSES AND FOLIAGE EMBROIDERED AT BOTTOM (17" X 9", OVERALL WITH FRAME 18 1/2" X 10", DISCOLORATION, EMBROIDERY COLORS ARE NOT BRIGHT). UNDATED FRAMED SAMPLER WROUGHT BY CATHERINE WALKER, AGED 10, VINE AND FLOWER BORDER, ALPHABETS AT TOP, VERSE, BOAT, HOUSE, FIGURES, AND FOLIAGE INTERSPERSED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE PIECE (SIGHT SIZE 16" X 12 1/4", OVERALL WITH FRAME 17 1/2" X 13 3/4", OVERALL GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME DISCOLORATION).