- +SCHOOLGIRL SAMPLER: MARY "POLLY" ELLIOT
(AMERICAN, 1776 - 1859), NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, 1795, SILK ON LINEN, CROSS-STITCH ON BLACK GROUND, POLYCHROME FLOWERING VINE ON TOP AND SIDE BORDERS, CENTER OF NEEDLEWORK DESCRIBE...+SCHOOLGIRL...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - A Massachusetts Pictorial Needlework
Sampler
Circa 1792
identified Haverhill March 10 Polly Ayer / Born in the Year of our Lord 1782 / This Wrought in the 10 Year of age.
along with alphabet lines and a pastoral...
[more like this] - An English Embroidered Needlework Sampler
Circa 1826
identified Ellen Altham / Clitheroe / April 28 1826.
having biblical and foliate motifs, including Adam and Eve with the Tree of Knowledge.
12 x 14 1/2 inches.
Lancashire...
[more like this] - MARY ODIORNE'S FRAMED 1831 PICTORIAL
NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham, New Hampshire, worked in multi-color silk on linen ground, top register with upper and lower case alphabet rows and name and date...
[more like this] - ADELINE STEVEN'S ANTIQUE NEEDLEWORK
COMPLETED AT WARE'S SCHOOL, NEEDHAM, MA Worked in multi-color silk thread on linen ground, upper register with six alpha-numeric rows above pious verse often found on samplers...
[more like this] - A Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl's
Sampler, Wrought by Sarah Gray
American, Circa 1844
identified Sarah Gray 1844 at center with text from Psalm 34, eight-pointed stars, and birds below.
10 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches....
[more like this] - A Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl's
Sampler, Wrought by Elisabeth Short
Likely New Hampshire, Circa 1787
identified Elisabeth Short Born Feb 14 1779 / 8 years, along with alphabet lines and a stylized landscape...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - A Needlework Alphabet Sampler Wrought
by 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...
[more like this] - An English Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl's
Sampler Wrought by Sarah Ludlam
Circa 1799
identified Sarah Ludlam / 1799.
12 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches.
Parish records document the baptism of a Sarah Ludlam of Crowe, Lincoln...
[more like this] - An English Needlework Mourning Verse
Sampler
Circa 1849
identified Ruth Garratt / aged 10 Yrs / 1849 and dedicated My dear Mother / Hannah Garratt / died jany 2 1843 / in her 33 yrs.
14 x 12 1/2 inches.
British...
[more like this] - An Pennsylvania Needlework Alphabet
Sampler and Family Register, Wrought by Hannah Worthington
Circa 1800
with family initials stitched to the lower register.
identified Hannah Worthingtons Sampler / Made in...
[more like this] - A George III Pole Screen Set with English
Needlework Embroidered Adam and Eve Sampler
Circa 1813
identified Smith / 1813.
with central verse from "On the Fall of Man."
set on a George III pole screen.
17 1/2 x 13...
[more like this] - An English Needlework Alphabet Sampler
Circa
1825
identified Joanna Wood / aged 10 years / AD 1825.
7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches.
The burial of a Joanna Wood (circa 1815-1851) is recorded in a Derbyshire Church of England Parish...
[more like this] - An American Schoolgirl's Needlework
Sampler, Wrought by Elizabeth Wright
Circa 1851
identified Elizabeth Wright / Aged 12 / 1851, depicting figures, ship and animals at the bottom, within a floral border.
16...
[more like this] - A Connecticut Needlework Alphabet Sampler,
Wrought by Miranda Brockaway
Early 19th century
identified wrought by Miranda Brockaway in her 10th year 1814 / Finished by Jane Brockaway.
with floral border and verse at...
[more like this] - An American Needlework Alphabet Sampler
Circa
1785
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,...
[more like this] - An English Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl's
Sampler
Circa 1844
identified Margaret Drew her work aged 12 / 1844 and finished by her older sister, Elizabeth
framed and matted with inscription describing the Drew/McCann...
[more like this] - A Needlework Sampler
Circa 1825
identified
Elizth Culley / Aged 13 / Christmas / 1825, with central verse from Scriptures surrounded by floral and foliate motifs.
16 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches.
Property from the Estate...
[more like this] - A Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl's
Sampler, Wrought by Margaret B. Peters
American, Circa 1810
identified Margaret B. Peters Daughter of John and / Margaret Peters.
with alphabet lines above and a domestic...
[more like this] - A Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl's
Sampler, Wrought by Mary Bleecker
Likely New England, Circa 1774
identified Mary Bleecker/ Aged 9 Years / 1774 with text from hymn "Behold the Savior of Mankind," along with...
[more like this] - Needlework sampler and two silhouettes
england, first half 19th century The sampler showing two baskets of flowers , virtuous verse and inscription " Ann Lambert's work 1812, worked with polychrome silk threads...
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