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March 5, 2026: Winter Americana - Day Two

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  • Samplers / Needleworks
Lot 1420

MT. HOPE, ORANGE CO., NEW YORK NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

Estimate: $80 - $120
Starting Bid
$40

Bid Increments

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$0 $10
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$100,000 $10,000

MT. HOPE, ORANGE CO., NEW YORK NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, wool on linen with blue horizontal stripes, six-and-one-third alphabet rows and two-thirds numeral row segmented by horizontal bands of decorative stitching, below signed "Lamira Ketcham / Wrought during the [y]ear of 1848 / Mount Ho[pe]", three edges with vine border and two pictorial motifs near bottom corners of a flower and a bird perched in a tree. Housed under glass in a later painted frame. Dated 1848. 17 1/2" x 18 7/8" sight, 19" x 20 3/8" OA.
Catalogue Note: Identified as Lamira Ketcham who was born on July 28, 1835 in Mount Hope, New York to parents Amos Ketcham (1810-1887) and Sally Eliza Seybolt (1814-1871), and she had three younger brothers. On January 24, 1856, Lamira married Ernestus Sweezy (Swezy) (1833-1896). The couple resided in Orange Co. throughout their marriage and had two daughters, Elmira and Sarah. After her husband's death, Lamira resided in Brooklyn, NY with Elmira and her son-in-law, William Edward Halsey, who was a dentist. Lamira died on September 23, 1912 and is buried at Mount Hope Plains Cemetery in Otisville, NY with her husband and some family members.

Condition

Fair to good visual condition with linen having some holes mainly in the lower half, toning, and scattered stains and spotting, proper left edge with fraying, scattered losses to stitching, some thread with fading / fugitive color, frame with wear, losses and worn spots to paint mostly along outer edges. Not examined out of frame.

Provenance

From a Shenandoah Valley private collection.

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