+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...
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TWO NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERSTwo schoolgirlneedlework 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...
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2 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN SAMPLERS1stitem: American needlework sampler, silk on linen, alphabet bands over the name "Julia A. Drake, Sampler Age 12 yrs." above a flower basket, tree and house with sun. Housed...
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MONTGOMERY CO. TENNESSEE SAMPLERMontgomeryCounty, Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, signed Martha E. Edmondson and dated 1828. Sampler features a zigzag border enclosing four rows of alphabets and 1 row...
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1826 WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIASAMPLERstitched "Jane Marie Slade's work done in the 7th year of her age July the 27th A. D. 1826 Washington District of Columbia", under bands of the alphabet and numbers,...
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GERMAN BAND SAMPLER worked in silk onlinen, muted blue, green and gold threads depicting alphabet and number series, numerous birds, animals, people and religious subjects, with various initials and dates 1786...
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GERMAN BAND SAMPLER
DATED 1746 workedin multi-coloured silks on linen, depicting pattern bands, birds, flowers, baskets and animals, number and alphabet series, with religious motifs and subjects, and a cartouche...
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GERMAN BAND SAMPLER
DATED 1776 workedin multi-coloured silks on a linen ground edged with silk ribbons, depicting pattern bands, alphabet and number series, birds, trees, flowers, religious motifs, tools, a building...
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GERMAN BAND SAMPLER
18TH CENTURY workedin multi-coloured silks on linen, depicting alphabet and number series, religious figures and symbols, trees, various animals, birds, and people, some designs taken from Johann...
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THREE SCOTTISH ALPHABET SAMPLERS
EARLY19TH CENTURY worked in silk on linen, the first by Janet Garvie, Perth, dated 1833, with eight alphabet series and a number series over a band of trees with stags and dogs,...
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TWO GEORGIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
EARLY19TH CENTURY worked in silk on linen, the first of large size and dated 1800, with three alphabets and a number series, above bands of crowned initials, flowering urns, birds,...
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TWO SCOTTISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
EARLY19TH 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,...
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ANTIQUE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER DATED 1702,CONTINENTAL Worked in multi-color silk thread on loose weave ground in cross, queen, Florentine, and satin stitches featuring one side with alphanumeric bands and panels with...
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ANNE THRUCKSTONE'S BAND SAMPLER DATED1723 / 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...
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MARY JANE JUNIPER'S FRAMED NEEDLEWORKSAMPLER, Early 19th century, worked in multi-color silk thread on linen, with alphanumeric bands and bottom register with cartouche and maker's name flanked by a pair of...
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TWO FRAMED ANTIQUE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERSThe 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....
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CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA QUAKERSAMPLERChester County, Pennsylvania Quaker silk on linen sampler, dated 1798 , inscribed Sarah Walter Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Walter the latter deceased , members...
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REGENCY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, BY ELIZABETHBARBER
DATED 1820 worked in silk and linen thread on a linen ground, with three sections, the top with the prayer 'Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand, - As the first...
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TWO SCOTTISH GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK HOUSESAMPLERS
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...
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THREE SCOTTISH BAND SAMPLERS
18TH CENTURYworked in cotton or silk on linen, the first with alphabets, initials, patterns, birds, and baskets, with motto 'To youth the tenderst [sic] Regards is Due', signed 'Merry...
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American needlework alphabet samplerdated 1819 floral border centering bands of script and black letter sequences over scene of figures trees and Georgian buildings above maker's inscription: Worked by Mary...
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EARLY SAMPLER. Christina Baldwin probablyBergen County New Jersey 1770 silk on linen. Bands of alphabets diamonds maker's information and decorative stitches over a moral verse. The lower portion is closely...
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ENGLISH SAMPLER. Matilda Moxham CroomsHill Greenwich Kent 1796 silk on linen. Motifs worked in wide bands including a religious verse a large bird flanked by tiny buildings a depiction of Adam and Eve and...
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LARGE SAMPLER. Rachel Lewis Americanearly 19th century silk on linen. Sampler with arcaded floral and strawberry border sawtooth inner border facing pairs of birds bellflowers in baskets and a floral wreath...
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SAMPLER. Probably England 2nd quarter-19thcentury silk on wool. Finely worked in minute stitches. Rows of alphabets and numbers over band of shaded roses a central memorial with palm trees flame stitch pattern...
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Needlework sampler maria crawford,dated december 1817 Executed in green, black and yellow silk stitches on a linen ground with a landscape of a homestead surmounting bands of letters, numbers and a pious...
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TWO SAMPLERS. Probably English silkon 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...
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OHIO SAMPLER. Marie Cornelia WadsworthCanfield Trumbull County 1840 silk on cotton. Horizontal format with bands of alphabets some with repeated letters done in different stitches. Carefully worked basket...
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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...
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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...
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1833 house and verse sampler, largebrick 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...
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Two 19th century verse samplers: onewith two four-line verses separated by band of animal and floral motifs, "Adeliza Susan Phillips's Work/AD 1821" flanked by flower baskets and peacocks, strawberry...
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TWO SCOTTISH SAMPLERS. Mary A. ArmstrongNewtown St Boswells 2nd quarter-19th century wool and silk on cotton. A three-masted ship is one of the motifs stitched in the center band. In a frame 14 1/2''h. 11 1/2''w....
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Southern Sampler 1820worked on openweave linen in multi-colored silk thread with alphabet and number bands and pious verse enclosed within a strawberry border with an outer block border ''Mary (?) was born...
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SCOTTISH SAMPLER. Ann Howie CeresFife 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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ARTS AND CRAFTS SAMPLER. Eveleen PerkinsAmerican or British Isles 1908 silk on linen. Band sampler with row of bluebirds and one of trees worked in a Craftsman design. Center of floral baskets and what appears...
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