AN 1883 KANSAS QUILT WITH CHILD'S HAND& FAMILY HISTORYThe story of this fine folk art applique quilt revolves around the stitched outline of six-year-old Timothy Baker McNabb's little hand in the center of every...
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AMERICAN SCHOOL HARRIS FAMILY SAMPLER.A family register beginning with Philip Harris 1775, and ending with Cyrus Harris 1821. Depicting Willow trees, houses, and birds. Image 16”H x 17.5”W, black painted...
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2 SAMPLERS INCL. VIRGINIA HOUSE SAMPLER1stitem: Elmira Deacon Dungan, 19th century American needlework family record sampler with house, silk and wool or cotton on linen. Floral vine top border and alphabet and numbers...
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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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PORTSMOUTH, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND SAMPLER"WROUGHT BY P...Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island Sampler “Wrought by Phebe Almy in the eleventh year of her age 1801” with verse (sic)
“Obferve the one for fhe inftructs...
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FINE AMERICAN SAMPLER WORKED BY "C.BICKEL 1827"Fine American Sampler Worked by “C. Bickel 1827” with family initials “CB – AB – MT”,, depicting a homestead, cornucopia, an abundance of flowers,...
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FINE 1820 PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY TREE NEEDLEWORKON SILKChester County, silk on gauze, bordered with quilled cream silk ribbon with four corner rosettes, spacious floral vine border, grapevine enclosing verse and inscription...
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19TH C. AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERWorked by Mariah Waterl, aged 12 years, with family register, building, willow tree and floral border decoration, sight size: 15 1/2 x 15 3/4 in., framed....
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AMERICAN MARY WALLACE 1802 NEEDLEPOINTSAMPLERFramed American needlepoint sampler on linen, Mary Wallace, age 13, 1802, with upper and lowercase alphabet and numbers, reading: "If there's a pow'r above us, (And...
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AMERICAN ELIZABETH PAGE 1786 NEEDLEPOINTSAMPLERFramed American needlepoint sampler on linen, Elizabeth Page, April 1786, with upper and lowercase alphabet and numbers, hymn from Isaac Watts (United Kingdom, 1674-1748)...
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION MARY BLACK NEEDLEPOINTSAMPLERFramed American needlepoint sampler on linen, Mary Black, with upper and lowercase alphabet, floral and geometric border, "July 31, The British King Lost States thirteen,"...
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AMERICAN VEAZEY (ATTRIB.) NEEDLEPOINTSAMPLERFramed American needlepoint sampler on linen, with alphabet, flowers, and birds, center wreath with initials SV, possibly Sarah Veazey (Cecil, Maryland, 1795-1811),...
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AMERICAN SARAH VEAZEY LUSBY NEEDLEPOINTSAMPLERFramed American needlepoint sampler on linen, Sarah Veazey Lusby (Cecil, Maryland, 1784-1844), age 11, with upper and lowercase alphabet and numbers, motto reading:...
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An American Needlework Embroidered WilsonFamily Album Schoolgirl's Sampler with Flag
Wrought by Harriet Wilson, Circa 1900
21 x 20 3/4 inches (sight)....
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JANE HUMPHREYS' FRAMED NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERDATED 1790, PENNSYLVANIA Likely Philadelphia or Chester County, worked in multi-color silk thread on linen, with five alphanumeric rows above a flower row and verse, maker's...
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AMERICAN FAMILY RECORD SAMPLER WROUGHTBY POLLY DODGE, HAMILTON, EARLY 19TH CENTURYcontains early family history of thirteen ancestors beginning with John B. Dodge born 1768 and his wife Olla Lovett born 1770 and...
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LARGE MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY RECORD SAMPLEROF THE RYAN FAMILY WROUGHT BY MARY ANN RYAN, 1827, EXHIBITED AT 1989 D.A.R. MUSEUM SHOW 'FAMILY RECORDS' 24" X 24" OF THE RYAN FAMILY WROUGHT BY MARY ANN RYAN, 1827, EXHIBITED...
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TEXTILES: SCHOOLGIRL SAMPLERS, DARNINGSAMPLERS, AN EMBROIDERY WITH FAMILY DATES, AND AN EMBROIDERY OF DECORATIVE BORDERS IN METALLIC THREADS, AMERICAN AND CONTINENTAL, EARLY 19TH C., SEVEN UNFRAMED PIECES, DETAILS...
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AMERICAN FAMILY REGISTER SAMPLER. Silkon linen. Records the family of Reverend John Townsend Addoms of Clinton, New York and his wife Harriet Young of Middlebury, Vermont married 1814. The names and birth dates...
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AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY ANN RIDDINGTON,1770.SHE WAS FROM A TORY FAMILY FROM ROWLEY OR BOXFORD, MA. THIS EXPLAINS THE CROWNED LIONS IN THE DESIGN. IT ALSO HAS A HOUSE, A FIGURE AND AN APPLE TREE. THE VERSE STATES...
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2 EARLY 19TH C AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL SAMPLERSWROUGHTBY PHEBE PASSMORE TO INCLUDE A SMALL ALPHABET SAMPLER, SIGNED ON BOTTOM, SIGHT SIZE 9 1/2" X 7 1/2", OVERALL 11" X 9". ALONG WITH A LARGE PICTORIAL WORK DEPICTING A HOUSE,...
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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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An English Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl'sSampler
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...
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American sampler, eight lines alphabetand numbers above "Amanda Robers Aged 12 years", two rows of names and dates from the Santus and Rober families, earliest date 1799, large brick house with fenced...
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SAMPLER. Mary E. Farley American 1837 silk on linen. Marking sampler with moral verse boldly signed by maker with her name and ''Aged 12 Sidney Sep[t]ember 13 1837''. Surrounded on three sides with a densely...
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SAMPLER. American 1840 silk on linen.Deep vining border surrounds two ovals with the names of the maker Martha Thompson and her deceased sister Mary. Pairs of hearts baskets trees diamonds and columns of...
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1812 alphabet and verse sampler, fourlines of letters and numbers over an eight line verse titled "The fair Ladie's wish", stitched on last line "Philena Severance", lower panel 15 window...
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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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SAMPLER. Probably American 1843 woolon linen. Rows of alphabets numbers and family initials a verse hearts and birds adorn the lower half. Bright colors. In new grain-painted frame 19 1/2''h. 10 3/4''w....
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19th century house sampler, five-windowbrick house and yard below a four-line verse, "Sarah G. Warms aged 8(?) years" stitched below six lines of letters and numbers, arcaded strawberry border, silk on linen, American,...
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1812 marking sampler, seven lines ofletters and numbers, stitched "Charity Chambers her work in the 8 year of her age 1812", silk on linen, probably American, 10-1/4 x 7-1/2 in. (sight); modern frame. Fading,...
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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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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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