THREE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS. Including a marking sampler, worked in red, green and pink wool threads on a linen ground, 14 in.x 8 in.; Pennsylvania German pictorial sampler, depicting a house surrounded by flowering baskets, inscribed "Emeline Harsel Was Born April 1841", worked in polychrome wool threads, 14 1/4 in. x 11 in.; a memorial sampler, inscribed "Our little hour, how swift it flies When poppies flare and lillies smile, How soon the fleeting minute dies, Leaving us but a little while To dream our dream, to sing our song, To pick the fruit, to pluck the flower, The gods-they do not give us long, One more hour. To Dear Basil, with love, Fenella. Spring 1884", within floral border, worked in polychrome silk threads on a linen ground, 11 in. x 10 3/4 in. All framed Estimate $400-600
Pennsylvania German sampler: Losses of threads composing the house, stain upper left corner. No fading to color threads.
Memorial sampler: Stains to center area surrounding inscription and trees. No fading to color threads.
Marking sampler: Some faded threads, stains to ground throughout, small hole located center left area near "Y", small hole near "B" on last row.
