- 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] - 3 18TH C. EUROPEAN SAMPLERS INCL. SIGNED1st
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...
[more like this] - ENGLISH LINEN SAMPLER 1673, SILK EMBROIDERY
1829English Linen Sampler by Mary Wherrip, 1673, along with Suzanna Arnold 1829, floral decorated silk embroidery square is hand stitched to a cotton backing, some fabric...
[more like this] - TWO FRAMED ANTIQUE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
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 NEEDLEWORK PANEL, SECOND HALF
17TH CENTURY, AND A SAMPLER DATED 1836 PANEL: 9 1/4 X 13 IN. (23.5 X 33 CM.), SAMPLER: 14 1/2 X 12 1/2 IN. (36.8 X 31.8 CM.) 17TH CENTURY, AND A SAMPLER DATED 1836, the panel...
[more like this] - ENGLISH SAMPLER STITCHED BY ELIZABETH
DOWNER, 1832 DOWNER, 1832, designs include urns, floral sprays, crowns, birds, and the saying "Let dress take up but little time, aim not in gaudy dress to shine,-reflect...
[more like this] - ENGLISH SAMPLER BY ELLEN HOTHERSALL,
1823 1823, stitches include cross and Algerian eye. Numerous designs inlcuding alphabets, the saying "The loss of gold is much, The loss of time is more, The loss of Christ...
[more like this] - ENGLISH SILK ON LINEN STITCH SAMPLER,
19TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY, silk on linen, framed, sight size h: 21 x w: 8 1/2 in....
[more like this] - FINE ENGLISH SILK ON LINEN SAMPLER,
DATED 1811English silk on linen sampler, dated 1811 , wrought by Elizabeth Norton, 14"x 12". This is an especially fine sampler with delicate stitching and crisp colors.
Competitive...
[more like this] - ENGLISH SAMPLER WROUGHT BY CATHARINE
DANDISON, 1798 DANDISON, 1798, impressive talent by this skilled stitcher who incorporates embroidery into her cross stitch sampler, "Youth is the Season for Study, Age for...
[more like this] - LARGE ENGLISH ADAM & EVE SAMPLER, WROUGHT
BY ELLEN NELSON DATED 1812 BY ELLEN NELSON DATED 1812, top two lines...."SHE TOOK OF THE FRUIT & DID EAT & GAVE UNTO HER HUSBAND WITH HER DID EAT/ELLEN NELSON SAMPLER AGED...
[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] - FRAMED SAMPLER OF SARAH CROOKSca. 1818
dated; English form sampler with church house and village scene in mixed dyed cottons and silk threads on homespun linen with wonderful mixing of embroidery-type pictorial...
[more like this] - SILK-ON-LINEN CROSS-STITCH SAMPLERAmerican
or English Silk-on-Linen Cross-Stitch Sampler , dated 1823, with alphabets, religious verse and signature in geometric border, sight 18 in. x 13 1/2 in., framed...
[more like this] - FRAMED SMALL SAMPLER AND THEOREM. Twentieth
century. American theorem of fruits signed "J. Barton". 7.75"w x 5.75"h. 9.75"w x 7.75"h framed. English alphabet sampler with decorative stitching. By Mary Ann Nichr?. 8.5"w...
[more like this] - ENGLISH SAMPLER. Dated 1827. Stitched
by Mary Beckwith Cecil, alphabet, numerals, different border stitching and flowers. Fading and thread loss. 18.5"h. 19.75"w....
[more like this] - TWO FRAMED SAMPLERS. English, nineteenth
century. "In Memory Of" sampler by Mary Pickering. Ca. 1852. Death record, religious verse, tombstone, trees and angels. Stitch loss. Framed. 27"w. 27.75"h. Showcase sampler...
[more like this] - Finely stitched 1821 sampler, large
central panel, 15 lines of the Nicene Creed and "Jane Cavell her work in the year 1821(?)", symmetrical house, animals and plant motifs, unusual profile of flying...
[more like this] - 1873 alphabet cross-stitch sampler,
ten lines of letters over stitched "Clara Revell. Aged 11/Pictoria School/Chesterfield/1873" above stags, trees, flowers and butterflies within floral vine border, wool on...
[more like this] - An English Sampler of a stitched map
of England and Wales worked by Elizabeth Sherwood dated 1807. Height 21 1/4 x width 21 1/4 inches....
[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] - 19th century Adam and Eve sampler, Adam
and Eve with snake in tree above three-story house with fence, stitched at bottom "Emmily.Halloway.Her.Work.Aged.ten.years.June.10.1846", field with flowerpots,...
[more like this] - SAMPLER. Maria Whitts American or
English 1847 silk on linen. Precisely stitched paired motifs include trees topped by birds two dark haired women both holding flowers floral filled baskets as well as...
[more like this] - An English Sampler with polychrome stitching
on a white reserve depicting the alphabet in various typefaces signed MSF and dated 1819. Height 19 x width 14 inches....
[more like this] - Round English sampler wrought by Sarah
Anna Rogers 1823 with red stitched ABC's and religious verse. 11.5"dia....
[more like this] - 1836 verse sampler, "Ellen Baxter Aged
10 Years" stitched within a floral cartouche flanked by oversized perched birds below an eight-line verse, flower baskets, sprays of flowers, grapes and pairs of perched doves,...
[more like this] - 1826 British house sampler, finely stitched
two-story house flanked by reclining stags, flowering trees and dogs below symmetrical plant and floral motifs, cartouche flanked by angels, "Sandra Butcher Aged 13 years...
[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] - English Sampler 1833multi-color silk
worked on fine linen depicting a bouquet filled basket surmounted by a butterfly and bird with pious verse and manor home; the sampler maker Elizabeth Moore Allen has stitched...
[more like this] - Two Schoolgirl Needleworks one stitched
at top "Ann Charter Arrington" above a central tree flanked by flowers and animals, seven-line verse, stitched at bottom "1835", silk on linen, American or British, 17-1/4...
[more like this] - 18th century alphabet sampler, nine
lines 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...
[more like this] - 1825 needlework sampler, Solomon's temple
under two line verse flanked by potted plants above three large flower pots, stitched below "Ann H. Smith Aged 12 years" and "1825", silk on linen, floral and vine outer border,...
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