- 18TH CENT. ENGLISH SAMPLER, ANN SCRUTON18th
century English needlework alphabet sampler, silk on linen, signed Ann Scruton and dated, possibly 1789 or 1794. Three sections of alphabet over the signature and date, with...
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item: Band sampler, likely British, appears to be wool on linen, featuring alphabets in various stitches interspersed with bands of geometric patterns and dated 1748 on 4th...
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The first worked in multi-color silk thread on linen ground with bands of various floral and geometric motifs, with stitched initials and date appearing to read, "D.M.D. M....
[more like this] - ENGLISH BAND SAMPLER WROUGHT BY JANE
DAMON, AGED 13 YEARS, DATED 1801 DAMON, AGED 13 YEARS, DATED 1801, linen ground with silk threads, bands of letters and numbers, "Fear God and Keep his Commandments 1801/Jane...
[more like this] - TWO SAMPLERS. Probably English silk
on wool. One signed ''Mary Smith July 27th 1840/ Aged 11 Years'' with minutely stitched pairs of flowering baskets peacocks and pine trees and pious verse. Closely worked...
[more like this] - 1738 English band sampler, stitched
"ANN DAVIES HER WORK FINISHED the 2 Day OF JUNE 1738" below a six-line verse and eleven lines of the alphabet, silk on linen or wool, probably British, 22-1/8 x...
[more like this] - 1833 house and verse sampler, large
brick house with fenced yard above a band of potted flowers and a five-line verse, stitched at bottom "Elizabeth Francis her work made in the year of our Lord 1833 aged 11...
[more like this] - 1840 verse sampler, five-line verse
over arcaded floral band above symmetrical placements of bird and floral motifs, stitched bottom center "Ann Neal.12 Years.1840", strawberry vine border, silk on linen, probably...
[more like this] - 1834 British School sampler, lower panel
with human and animal figures, running black figure, seated female with shepherd's crook, man with bow, sheep, dogs and birds, two bands of letters and eight-line verse...
[more like this] - 1822 House Sampler British or Scottish,
large house below a crenellated floral border, bands of alphabet and numbers at top, middle bands stitched "JAMES STEEL, JOHANNAH STEEL/VIRTURE IS THE BEST SHEILD" with many...
[more like this] - 1855 Wool Work Band Sampler probably
British, embroidered bands of various patterns, stitched at bottom "BS" and "1855", wool on linen mounted to muslin-covered board, corded trim, rolled length of unworked muslin...
[more like this] - 1820 Schoolgirl Needlework probably
English or Scottish, central building with crenellated towers and flanking outbuildings over a terraced garden with quadrupeds, six-line verse and family names stitched at...
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