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27 Lydia Jane Delong, 1846, probably Montour County, Pennsylvania A particularly decorative sampler, this piece descended in Montour County, Pennsylvania with a Washingtonville history. It is inscribed \have been important to that town at that time. It is likely that the samplermaker was the daughter of Henry and Magdalena Delong- who, with their three children, were the only family of that name in the township listed in the 1850 Pennsylvania census. Lydia Jane's sampler shows the clear influence of Quaker designs in many of the motifs: rose buds, carnations, baskets, birds and lilies. Her typical cautionary verse is a counterpoint to these decorative and colorful images. The sampler is worked in wool and silk on linen and is in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted into a cherry frame with bird's eye maple corner blocks. Sampler size: 16\/4\Price: $4,200. M. Finkel t;:j Daughter. DDDDDDDD