THREE EARLY TO MID 19TH CENTURY SAMPLERS,FRAMED Three early to mid 19th century samplers, all in silk, linen and/or cotton on linen grounds, the first dated 1817 by Mary Ann Callow, having several registers of alphabet...
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TWO FRAMED CROSS STITCH SAMPLERS Thefirst a cross-stitched sampler featuring multiple alpha-numeric rows separated by decorative zig zag lines, above proverb: "Wisdom is better than riches / therefore get wisdom..."...
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1831 KENTUCKY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERKentuckyNeedlework Sampler by Jane Rogers, dated 1831. Silk on linen, cross stitched, with plain border, double upper case alphabet, 2 lower case alphabets and numbers, separated...
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BOURBON CO. KY HOUSE SAMPLER C.1815BourbonCounty, Kentucky House Sampler attributed to Martha "Patsy" Hook, c. 1815. Silk on linen sampler featuring a strawberry border enclosing three alphabets, a basket of flowers,...
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RARE WEST TENNESSEE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER,LUCY MACON GREE...Rare West Tennessee Needlework Sampler, stitched by Lucy Macon Green and dated 1842, silk on linen. Strawberry border enclosing five rows of alphabets and...
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3 18TH C. EUROPEAN SAMPLERS INCL. SIGNED1stitem: 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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3 SCOTTISH & AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS,SIGNED1st item: Scottish sampler, wool on linen, having a guilloche pattern border surrounding rows of alphabet and numbers separated by geometric bands. Signed and dated...
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19TH C FAYETTEVILLE, NY SAMPLER ANDAMERICAN SAMPLER, T...Two American samplers. 1st item: Sampler made by Hannah Higgins (b. circa 1826), silk on linen, rendered entirely in blue cross stitch with four lines...
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6 PC. EARLY SAMPLER COLLECTION: 1) Framed19th-Century Folk Art Sampler, by Sarah Smethurst, age 12. Having a Verse, Tigers, Trees, & Flowers. Approx. 25'' h x 22'' w.; 2) 1770's Folk Art Sampler with alphabet, crowns,...
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NEW HAMPSHIRE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER DATED1830 8.5" X 16.25" SIGHT. FRAMED 10.25" X 18".NEW HAMPSHIRE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, Dated 1830, Wrought by Maria Reynolds. Rows of alphabets above a mostly illegible one-line...
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SAMPLER: GERMAN BAND SAMPLER, LIKELY18TH C., MUTED BLUE, GOLD AND GREEN THREADS ON LINEN, LINES OF ALPHABET AND NUMBERS AT TOP, MISSING "J" AND "U" TO ALPHABET, PICTORIAL DECORATIONS BELOW INCLUDING LOBSTER,...
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MA. NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER W/ ALPHABET &VERSE,1822 Embroidered sampler with alphabet and verse, 1822, created with silk thread on linen ground by Phebe Harrington of Marlborough MA when she was eleven years old,...
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1818 AMERICAN WHITTEMORE FAMILY SAMPLER,FRAMED Alphabet Sampler in wool on linen, with a floral border, four line sentiment "How frail is life! tis like a fading flowr, That flourishes and withers in an hour, Now...
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A Needlework Alphabet Sampler
American,Circa 1844
identified Cathe[r]ine H[a]rvey Y 1844.
with alphabet lines and floral designs.
15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches.
Property from a Private Collection, Lake Forest, Illinois...
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A Needlework Alphabet Sampler Wroughtby Amanda Coolidge
American, Circa 1827
identified Wrought by Amanda Coolidge in the Autumn of 1827 aged 11 years / Sibyl Carleton Instructress.
with alphabet lines and various...
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An American Needlework Alphabet Sampler
Circa1785
having alphabet lines with dogs and trees to lower edge.
identified Hester Kast Her / Work 1085.
21 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches.
Property from a Private Collection, Lake Forest,...
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Two samplers by sisters: both with fourlines of alphabet and numbers over the same eight-line verse, symmetrical placement of floral and animal motifs throughout, one stitched "Anna Ward/March the 1/1834",...
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1828 alphabet sampler, nine-line sampler,"Mary Ann Connor Oct. 28th 1828" above floral bouquet, simple floral and vine border, silk or linen, American, probably New York, 12 x 8-1/2 in. (sight); modern...
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1841 alphabet sampler, 12-line alphabetand verse sampler, signed "Mary Ann Fraser aged 9 years 1841", simple band border with two small floral motifs, stitched above border "Mary Ann Fra", silk on linen, probably...
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OHIO WESTERN RESERVE SAMPLER. MarthaWilmot Mantua Portage County 1846 silk on linen. Rows of alphabets separated by lines of stitching these lines are also worked to form the striped border. Trees bearing...
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OHIO WESTERN RESERVE SAMPLER. Huron(now Erie County) ca. 1829 silk on linen. Twelve-year-old Amanda Rogers filled the linen ground with elaborate alphabets her family record and a moral verse. The exquisitely...
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Two needleworks: 1835 floral and birdneedlework, bird perched on branch over “Charity Perry 1835”, silk on linen, American, 16-1/2 x 15-1/2 in. (sight), later frame, fading, darkening of linen ground,...
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Early 19th century alphabet needlepointsampler. Front reads ''Almira Gisner aged 9 years April 6 NY ack 8129'' with alphabet and number line above and small landscape scene below. Condition: minor discoloration...
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Rare Tennessee sampler, 15-line alphabetand verse sampler, last two lines "Martha Ann Ensors/Work in her 9th year" over floral, tree and animal motifs, silk on linen, circa 1821, 16 x 17-1/2 (sight); modern...
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1840 German/American alphabet sampler,14 lines, stitched "Catherine A. Meirehoft born Germany Oct 15th 1823 Finished Greenwich Conn March 1840" above a four-line verse in German, letters and numbers stitched at...
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PENNSYLVANIA SAMPLER AND RELATED EPHEMERA.Bithia Thompson New Buffalo/Duncannon Perry County 1843 silk on linen. Alphabets numbers over a large two-story house potted bush and a black crow surrounded by a thin...
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1819 New Jersey sampler, upper panelwith six-line alphabet above "Nancy Green's Trenton, July 1819" within cartouche surrounded by stylized flowers, birds and flower baskets, floral vine border, several initials...
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1831 alphabet sampler, 13 lines, "ElizabethWinter's Work in the 7th Year of her Age October 27th 1831", wool on linen, other family initials above name, probably American, 12-1/2 x 9-1/4 in. (sight); modern black wood...
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Rare Alabama sampler, nine-line alphabet(reversible) sampler, cross, eyelet and hem stitches, bottom line "Caroline Day Aged 7 1840", simple line border on three sides, lower Greek key border, wool on...
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1837 alphabet sampler, ten lines ofletters and numbers separated by bands of finely stitched designs, stitched at bottom "Mercy Neville Finished This Work the/30th November 1837. Aged 10 years", floral vine...
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19th century alphabet sampler, eightlines, bottom line "Martha M. Dahlgren November 8", American, possibly Pennsylvania, silk on linen, early to mid 19th century, 8-1/4 x 8-1/2 in.; painted gilt wood frame....
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Georgia alphabet sampler, five linesof letters and numbers over "Almira Adams/Sampler", probably Georgia, early to mid 19th century, 7-7/8 x 11-1/8 in. Fading, discoloration of linen ground. Griffin notes indicate...
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18th century alphabet sampler, ninelines with two-line verse, indistinct name stitched at bottom with "177(?)", silk on linen, British or American, late 18th century, 10-3/4 x 7-3/4 in. (sight); wood frame...
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1846 Connecticut sampler, 12-line alphabetand verse sampler with white house, "Grace Victoria Dowd/Aged Eight 1846" flanked by two potted plants, lower panel "Cynthia S. Griswold Instructress"...
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1836 alphabet sampler, nine-line alphabet,dated 1836 and inscribed "FWL" over three flower baskets, floral, strawberry and leaf borders, wool on linen, American, possibly Southern, 16-3/4 x 16-1/2 in. (sight); wood...
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An early 18th century silkwork samplerinitialled A.T. woven with birds insects plants and flowers on a linen ground and a Victorian sampler by Hannah Cummings aged 13 1850 woven with the alphabet numbers and plants...
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