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June 27, 2025: Premier Americana: Day Two

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  • Samplers / Needleworks
Lot 1282

MECKLENBURG CO., VIRGINIA / GRANVILLE CO., NORTH CAROLINA NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Starting Bid
$500

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MECKLENBURG CO., VIRGINIA / GRANVILLE CO., NORTH CAROLINA NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, top third with five alphabet and numeral rows featuring "L.A.C." at the end of the second row, middle third with "Robert K. & Sally Clack" followed by initials of "AC. RFC. / JLC. WAC... LAC.... RHC." above a four-line verse, lower third with a vine of fruit above signature of "Laura Ann Clack . July 11th.. 1836 ..", bottom row having a row of connected diamonds, all segmented by horizontal lines of decorative stitching and surrounded by a sawtooth vine border. Housed under glass in a modern frame, backing paper with handwritten note in pen that reads, "This is a Sampler - a real antique. Laura Clack was a cousin to Mother Willie Moss Kinney. Aunt Aura Moss left this to us in her will. It was always in the Danville, Va. house for years & years." Dated 1836. 16 1/2" x 16 1/4" sight, 17 1/2" x 17 1/4" OA.
Catalogue Note: Identified as Laura Ann Clack who was born in 1824 in Granville Co., NC to parents Robert Kennon Clack (1797-c.1851) and Sarah (Sally/Sallie) Lewis (1801-c.1847), both being named on the sampler. Laura had at least eight siblings, featuring five known whose initials are listed on the sampler who were alive when it was completed with "AC" being possibly a sibling who passed away at a young age. The location of where this piece was completed is currently uncertain, the family was recorded as living in the North Regiment of Granville Co., NC on the 1830 U.S. Census, and, then, they were listed on the 1840 U.S. Census as residing in Mecklenburg Co., VA.
On December 16, 1846, Laura married Robert Henderson Moss (1814-1870), and they lived in Mecklenburg Co., VA until each of their deaths. The couple had at least eight children and possibly two other daughters who did not survive childhood. Laura died in 1898 and is buried at Oakhurst Cemetery in Clarksville, VA with many of her children.

Condition

Very good visual condition with the upper half having an area of mended spots along the proper left side and one mended spot along the proper right side, linen with light toning and a few small holes, some thread with fading/fugitive color, frame with minor wear and surface scratches. Not examined out of frame.

Provenance

From the estate collection of E. Keith Kibler, Page County, VA.
Farmer Auctions, 11/16/2008, lot 285 (retains auction label).

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