- +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] - A REGENCY SILK AND COTTON ON LINEN SAMPLER
WORKED BY ‘JEAN WADDLE 1803’ Early 19th Century Depicting a house with formal garden, floral swags and a framed verse, later mounted in an ebonised frame with verre egloisome...
[more like this] - 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] - 2 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN SAMPLERS1st
item: 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...
[more like this] - FRENCH VICHY DOLL AUTOMATON, KNAFFL-HOF
BUILDING PRINT,...1st item: French automaton figure by Vichy, depicting a girl dressed as a ballerina holding a garland of white flowers. The blonde figure is attired in white...
[more like this] - 1791 DATED SAMPLER, LEXINGTON KYKentucky
18th c. Needlework Sampler, signed Isabella McDowell, Lexington, May 7th, 1791. Alphabet and numeral sampler, executed in green, gold, brown, and pink silk thread on linen,...
[more like this] - BLOUNT COUNTY WOOL BIRD SAMPLERTennessee
pictorial needlework sampler by (Mary) Ann Pass of Blount County, worked in wool on linen, depicting a central red bird or cardinal and floral branch, with flowers, urn, and...
[more like this] - MONTGOMERY CO. TENNESSEE SAMPLERMontgomery
County, 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...
[more like this] - 2 SAMPLERS INCL. VIRGINIA HOUSE SAMPLER1st
item: 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...
[more like this] - MASS. GENEALOGY & MOURNING SAMPLER,
19TH C.Massachusetts early 19th century needlework family record and mourning sampler, silk on linen, worked by Elizabeth P. Grimes of Littleton, Mass. aged 12 years. Large...
[more like this] - GERMAN BAND SAMPLER worked in silk on
linen, muted blue, green and gold threads depicting alphabet and number series, numerous birds, animals, people and religious subjects, with various initials and dates 1786...
[more like this] - TWO NEEDLEWORKS: "COLONIAL AMERICA 1675-175"
AND A CROSS STITCH ALPHABET WITH "HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS IN MANSIONS GREAT OR SMALL" LATE 20TH CENTURY "AMERICA" 11.5" X 17.25"; HEIGHT FRAMED 14". SAMPLER 10" X 14";...
[more like this] - ANTIQUE BRITISH SAMPLER Worked in wool
on loose weave linen, comprised of multiple alphanumeric rows above maker's name, date, and age, "Harriet Martin / Arnold / Aged 10 Years / A.D. 1864", with strawberry border...
[more like this] - TWO 18TH CENTURY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS,
ENGLAND The first worked in multi-color silk threads on linen, with alphabet rows above verse, "Continue heaven a grat / full heart to bless with / faith in friendship and...
[more like this] - TWO ANTIQUE FRAMED NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS,
ENGLISH The first worked in multi-color silk on linen ground, with a flower filled urn centering the composition, and with various motifs including birds, trees, gazebos,...
[more like this] - JANE HUMPHREYS' FRAMED NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
DATED 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...
[more like this] - FRAMED ANTIQUE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER Worked
in multi-color wool thread on loose weave linen, with alphanumeric rows above various floral motifs, bottom register with maker's name and date appearing to read, "Sarah Christina...
[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] - SAMPLER: 19TH C. FRAMED SAMPLER SIGNED
AND DATED "ANN HEISLER, 1819", SILK ON LINEN, CROSS-STITCHED, DESIGN WITH A LARGE WHITE HOUSE...SAMPLER: 19th C. framed sampler signed and dated "Ann Heisler, 1819", silk...
[more like this] - THREE SAMPLERS. Two are memorial. Silk
on olive green linen. Maine sampler with verse and "...Martha McLean Coffin, daughter of Edmund & Mary S. Coffin Biddeford born June 29 1806 died February 10, 1808". Some...
[more like this] - MASSACHUSETTS SAMPLER. Silk on linen.
Multiple figures, trees, building and bridge, farm animals, strawberries, and a floral border with alphabet, verse and unfinished center. "Hannah Cox Her Work In The 11 Year...
[more like this] - Y TWO GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
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QUARTER 18TH CENTURY worked in silk on linen, the first by Ruth Piercy, dated 1735, with alphabet and number series, poem lines 'Close in they bosom lock up thy intents/ for...
[more like this] - FOUR FRAMED SAMPLERS. A wool sampler
by Lizzie Johnson dated 1860. In a frame 6 1/2'' h. 14'' w.; An alphanumeric sampler by Ruth Smith. In a frame 8 3/4'' h. 11'' w.; A pictorial sampler worked in silk and...
[more like this] - TWO FRAMED SAMPLERS. Silk/cotton on
linen sampler wrought by Isabella L. Rolston age 11 years with paraphrase from Psalm 23 ''The Lords my Shepherd'' which originally appeared in the Scottish Psalter of...
[more like this] - PAIR OF HISTORIC GRANVILLE OHIO SAMPLERS
AND UNSIGNED SAMPLER. Harriet Warner (Munson) (Woods) and her daughter Martha Mary Munson. Harriet born in Vermont in 1794 worked her sampler in 1808. Her brother Willard...
[more like this] - SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER. worked
by Sarah Marriott June 1 1825. The top section with alphabet and number rows over three flowering trees; centered with a verse reading ''O! May I always ready stand With my...
[more like this] - SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER worked
by Julia Dean 7 years old 1817. The top section with two alphabet rows; centered with inscription ''Mark my Julia how the roses Emulate this damask cheek How the bud its sweets...
[more like this] - AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
worked by Elizabeth Letticia Campbell 10 years old Newboston Sept. 18th 1825. With several alphabet and number rows over the inscription ''Wrought by Elizabeth Lettitia Campbell...
[more like this] - IMPORTANT OHIO SAMPLER. Achsah Carter
Smithfield Jefferson County 1830 silk on linen. Ten-year-old Achsah included the names of her parents William and Ruth Carter as well as her teacher Ann H Thorn. This...
[more like this] - SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER. Worked
by Ann Lambton 1820. The top section with alphabet and number rows; the bottom section with verse reading ''How sweet to the heart is the thought of tomorrow When hope's fairy...
[more like this] - Needlework sampler worked by eliza
bower, circa 1830 A pious verse enclosed by a garland of peonies tied together with a blue ribbon, all within a foliate border, the bottom reads "Respectfully presented...
[more like this] - OHIO WESTERN RESERVE SAMPLER. Huron
(now Erie County) ca. 1829 silk on linen. Twelve-year-old Amanda Rogers filled the linen ground with elaborate alphabets her family record and a moral verse. The exquisitely...
[more like this] - A William IV needlework sampler worked
by ''Deborah Coleman 1834'' with eight line verse birds and other motifs on a fine linen ground 13ins square (stained) in painted angled frame and glazed...
[more like this] - 1824 American floral sampler, stitched
"Frances Crowells Sampler Worked in the Tenth Year of her age November the 26 1824" below a four-line verse, alphabet in eyelet stitches top center, asymmetrical arrangement...
[more like this] - SAMPLER - Student Work on Linen by Elizabeth
Yerman Heath 'Tenth Year of Her Age and the Year of Our Lord 1803 December 28' with vine border birds potted trees and flowers cats and dogs lion and crowns six line blessing...
[more like this] - TWO SAMPLERS. Ann Sanborn possibly
New England 1823 silk on linen. Alphabets separated by decorative rows of stitching and framed in diamond border. Signed with her name and ''aged 13 July 8 1823''. In...
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