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Welthe Amira Ruggles, 1818, Massachusetts This large and beautifully worked family register is clearly the product of an ambitious teacher and an energetic needleworker. The vital information regarding the family is tightly worked inside a graceful small scale floral vine beneath four alphabets and a numerical progression. An appropriate and somber verse sits above the splendidly worked inscription which presents the name and age of the needleworker \ion using the tent and queens stitch. The sprig of violets worked in the buttonhole stitch introduces a lovely shade of blue to the sampler, and the undulating tambour stitched border features crinkled silk flat stitched flowers with french knot interiors. Welthe Amira Ruggles was the daughter of Thomas Hutchinson and Sarah Caster Fowler, who were married on October 14th, 1800. Their birthdates, the birthdates of their seven children and the date of the death of one daughter are recorded. Stylistically, it is clear that the sampler was made in Massachusetts and our genealogical research to pinpoint the location of the family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries will continue. The sampler is worked in silk on linen, is in excellent condition, and has been conservation mounted into a 19th century frame. Sampler size: 24W' X 20lf4'' Price: $3,400. M. Finkel e:J Daughter. DDDDDDDD 11