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24 Hannah Lindeman, circa 1800, New York A recognizable group of samplers, often referred to as the Adam and Eve samplers of New York, represents according to Betty Ring in Girlhood Embroidery, Volume II, page 297 \e motifs of the earliest examples (1746-1768) were carried into the nineteenth century with amazing fidelity.\motifs include Adam and Eve \swinging below her uplifted arm, the airy fruit tree, this particular serpent-wrapped apple tree and the large black bird, all of which appear on this delightful example. It was signed by the maker, Hannah Lindeman, in cross stitch; the letters of her name, which are the only letters to appear on the sampler, are spaced out along the bottom of this small and carefully worked piece. This sampler is worked in silk on linen, is in excellent condition and has been conservation mounted into a tiger maple beveled frame. Sampler size: 9W' X 121/4\Price: $4,200. Mary Ann Lovering, 1822, Exeter, New Hampshire Utilizing rich polychrome shades of silk to their best advantage, Mary Ann Lovering of Exeter, New Hampshire worked this delightful sampler when she was eleven years old. Her choice of verse, which is often referred to as \first efforts of an infant's hand,\most popular sampler verse (see Lavenia Magraw, page 5, this catalogue). The densely worked satin stitched borders frame her needlework in an unusually graphic fashion. Mary Ann was born October 23, 1811 to Benjamin and Sally (Swansey) Lovering of Rockingham, Exeter township, New Hampshire. Her marriage to Abram Tyler of Freedom, New Hampshire and the births of their four children were recorded in a Tyler family genealogy published in 1912. At some time, most likely many years after completion of the sampler, the samplermaker pulled out the threads that indicated the date of completion (immediately to the right of \the purpose of concealing her age. The sampler is worked in silk on linen, is in excellent condition, and has been conservation mounted into a 19th century gilt frame. Sampler size: 12\Price: $2,600. M. Finkel e:J Daughter. DDDDDDDD