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Elizabeth Shreve, Burlington County, New Jersey, 1807 (cont.)11Featuring a stately Federal four-storey house, Elizabeth%u2019s sampler also includes a wide assortment of flora and fauna, so that her detailed needlework covers almost all of the linen. Large birds and insects, tiny dogs and deer, willow trees and evergreens crowd into the pictorial register along with a depiction of a young lady in a striped skirt and a top hat, fashionable in this period. The unusual side borders are particularly appealing and complex, with many stylized flowers arranged in a balanced format.The sampler was worked in silk on linen and is in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted and is in a maple beveled frame with cherry outer bead.Sampler size: 16%u00be%u201d x 13%u00bd%u201d Frame size: 20%u00be%u201d x 17%u00bd%u201d Price: $28,000.Pair of Samplers by Anna Maria Sheldrake, England, 1802Remarkably tight and sharp, these two splendid samplers were stitched by Anna Maria Sheldrake in 1802. They display a wonderful assortment of early motifs, such as the lions, flowers and multi-toned hillocks, and although the elements differ, the formal compositions are the same: each is centered on the lions over spouting plants with birds over potted flowers on hillocks; and each is framed in a different yet angular, undulated budding vine. Anna Maria%u2019s inscription is precisely stitched in the same place on each sampler as well. The samplers were clearly meant to complement one another and it is fortunate that they have remained together for all these years.Worked in silk on very tight linen, they are in excellent condition, though one has very minor discoloration in the lower left corner under her first name. The samplers have been conservation mounted into their original molded frames.Sampler sizes: 6%u00bc%u201d x 4%u00be%u201d Frame sizes: 7%u00bc%u201d x 5%u00be%u201d Price for the pair: $5600.