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Lavenia Magraw, 1838, mid-Atlantic states It is a pleasure to offer this large and splendid sampler, clearly the work of an enthusiastic needleworker. The double chimney brick house, many varied floral sprays, lattice-worked basket and vigorous butterflies float gracefully around a blue inner border. La venia's choice of verse, often referred to as \ered by Betty Ring to be the most popular sampler verse of the period (see Girlhood Embroidery, Volume I, page 166). La venia's sampler shares elements with pieces from the Delaware/Maryland area, and in fact our research reveals farmer William Magraw, his wife and their three children in Somerset County, Maryland listed in the 1840 census and again in the 1850 census. The samplermaker included two sets of initials at the top of her pieces and it is to be assumed that these would be the initials of her parents; we can see that William Magraw may well have been her father. The sampler is in excellent condition with a few minor holes to the linen. It has been conservation mounted into a mid-19th century walnut frame with a gilt liner. ~ nc~~ t het tender hlt'9LI't to ..t~~k th!J! ov.-\\-Y..:-'ith thy ~-.....- d'lild. .... n let ne-r ~ht~.te- ~ parr l. _ .. d. Write ttl)~ !'3:. ~~th~$d' u.po n h%u2022r ~..a '1-rav~-.-.r.a r~'1~r aw%u00b7%u00b7.s '\\X7ork -1838 M. Finkel e:l Daughter. DDDDDDDD Sampler size: 20W' X 171fz'' Price: $5,500. 5