- TWO NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERSTwo schoolgirl
needlework samplers, both likely English. 1st item: Silk on linen house sampler, floral border enclosing alphabet bands over a verse and signature with date: "Behold this...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - TWO SCOTTISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
EARLY
19TH CENTURY worked in silk on linen, the first with a wide band of stylised tulips above two reserves with bible passages, over a central fruiting tree, figures, cherubs,...
[more like this] - ANNE THRUCKSTONE'S BAND SAMPLER DATED
1723 / 4, ENGLAND Worked in multi-color silk threads on linen ground, withs rows of alphabet, verse, and finely stitched floral and shaped motifs, stitched to bottom, "Anne...
[more like this] - TWO SCOTTISH GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK HOUSE
SAMPLERS
LATE 18TH CENTURY worked in silk and wool and linen, the larger by Ann Lang, dated 1794, with a large turreted Elizabethan house and vine wrapped trees, set behind...
[more like this] - 1841 alphabet sampler, 12-line alphabet
and 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...
[more like this] - A good Queen Anne needlework ''Band''
sampler - ''Mary Harmon wrought this in the year 1708'' finely worked in coloured silks with bands of stylised floral ornament alphabet and numbers on a fine linen ground...
[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] - 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] - SCOTTISH SAMPLER. Ann Howie Ceres
Fife 1806 silk on linen. Long narrow sampler with bands of elaborate lettering pairs of initials a couple in 18th century dress ''The Royal George'' worked under the man...
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