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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2 NATIVE AMERICAN BASKETS1st item: Choctawrivercane gathering basket, square form and fixed handle with multi-color geometric pattern. 7 1/2" H x 11 1/4" dia. 2nd item: Southwest Native American storage basket, possibly...
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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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19TH C FAYETTEVILLE, NY SAMPLER ANDAMERICAN SAMPLER, T...Two American samplers. 1st item: Sampler made by Hannah Higgins (b. circa 1826), silk on linen, rendered entirely in blue cross stitch with four lines...
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SIGNED AMERICAN ALPHABET SAMPLERdated1826, multiple bands of the alphabet, "? Rebecah Delano aged 11/years in the year of our Lord 1826", silk on linen, sight 8 x 7-5/8 in.; gilt wood frame, 11 x 10-5/8 in.
Provenance:...
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AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERdated June27th, 1833, nine rows of alphabets separated by cross stitch sections, signed "Emily OBannons.Sampler", 17 x 16-1/4 in.; shadowbox frame, 23 x 22 in.
Provenance: Private...
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A. CORDIER, THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENAmusingAlphabet: Le Jardin d'Acclimatation , circa 1863, an American edition, Hunt & Houghton, New York, publisher, chromolithographs on joined fold out sheet, 98-7/8 x 5-1/2 in.,...
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ANDY WARHOL, (AMERICAN, 1928-1987),TWO WORKS FROM A IS AN ALPHABET, LITHOGRAPHS, EACH SHEET: 9 1/2 X 6 IN., EACH FRAME: 22 1/4 X 18 3/4 IN.ANDY WARHOL, (American, 1928-1987) Two Works from A is an Alphabet,...
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AMERICAN SAMPLER, LARGE, 19TH CENTURYLargeAmerican Needlework alphabet sampler, showing four alphabets, bird, dogs, rabbit and butterflies. Includes hooked dog at lower center. Signed "Maria Schiffer" at the bottom...
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ANTIQUE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, AMERICANWorked in multi-color silk threads on loose linen ground in a two panel design, left panel with eight alpha-numeric rows above maker's information reading, "Elizabeth Macon...
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EARLY AMERICAN OR ENGLISH SAMPLER WITHALPHABET AND VERSE, SIGNED AND DATED 1757 ALPHABET AND VERSE, SIGNED AND DATED 1757, verse reads "H.Mars— is my name and English is my Nation Quaker Ridge is my Dwelling...
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JOHN PURPURA, (AMERICAN B. 1933), PAGEFROM THE SURREALIST ALPHABET IV, PENCIL DRAWING, UNFRAMED: 13 1/2 X 11 IN. (34.29 X 27.94 CM.)John Purpura, (American, b. 1933) Page from the Surrealist Alphabet IV, Pencil...
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JOHN PURPURA, (AMERICAN B. 1933), PAGEFROM THE SURREALIST ALPHABET III, PENCIL DRAWING, UNFRAMED: 13 1/2 X 11 IN. (34.29 X 27.94 CM.)John Purpura, (American, b. 1933) Page from the Surrealist Alphabet III, ...
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JOHN PURPURA, (AMERICAN B. 1933), PAGEFROM THE SURREALIST ALPHABET I, PENCIL DRAWING, UNFRAMED: 14 X 11 IN. (35.56 X 27.94 CM.)John Purpura, (American, b. 1933) Page from the Surrealist Alphabet I, Pencil Drawing...
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JOHN PURPURA, (AMERICAN B. 1933), PAGEFROM THE SURREALIST ALPHABET II, PENCIL DRAWING, UNFRAMED: 11 X 13 1/2 IN. (27.94 X 34.29 CM.)John Purpura, (American, b. 1933) Page from the Surrealist Alphabet II, Pencil...
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THREE SAMPLERS. American and/or English,silk on linen. One with house, trees and "EMO 1832". Stains and loss. 14"h. 19"w. and alphabets with "Sophia Barber (?) Aged 9, Derby 178_". Minor stitch loss. 11.75"h. 10.75"w....
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2 INSTRUCTIVE PICTURE BOOKS QUADRAPEDS& SKETCHESLot of 4 books. The Instructive Picture Book Sketches From Nature or Pictures of Animal & Vegetable Life in All Lands, with 23 of 24 numbered plates (46/48 total...
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ANTIQUE AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER"ANN ALLAN AGED 11, YEAR 1844, R.A. AND M.A." WITH BIRD, BERRIES, ANCHOR AND ALPHABET IN REDS, BLUES, GREENS. 17 1/4"H X 7 3/4"W (SAMPLER), 18"H X 8 1/2"W (FRAME)Antique American...
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ANTIQUE 1857 AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER,"THE SAFFRON TREE MARY ROSE'S WORK DONE IN THE 14TH YEAR OF HER AGE," WITH ALPHABET, BIRDS, DOG, HOUSE, BASKET, VINING FLOWERS. 23 1/4" H X 12 1/4" W (EDGES OF SAMPLER) 28...
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2 AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SCHOOLGIRL SAMPLERS.ONEWROUGHT BY MARIA DAY IN 1810 WITH ALPHABETS AND NUMBERS. SIGHT SIZE 10 1/4" X 8", OVERALL WITH FRAME 16 1/2" X 15". THE OTHER WAS WROUGHT BY ABIGAIL BEAL, LINDSEY WOOLSEY...
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2 AMERICAN NEEDLEPOINT SCHOOLGIRL SAMPLERS.ONEWROUGHT BY SARAH BENTLY, 1808, 5 ALPHABETS AND 2 SETS OF NUMBERS. SIGHT SIZE 10" X 7 1/2", OVERALL WITH FRAME 13 1/4" X 10 3/4". GOOD CONDITION. HENRY T. CALLAN PROVENANCE....
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3 EARLY 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN NEEDLEWORKSAMPLERS.TO INCLUDE: UNFRAMED DATED 1819 SAMPLER WROUGHT BY EUNICE CRAY AT 12 YEARS OLD, ALPHABET AT TOP, CENTRAL TREE OF LIFE SURROUNDED BY ANIMALS, THREE FLOWER POTS AT BASE (12...
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AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER WROUGHTBY ESTERWALL, DATED 1826. LINEAR BORDER ENCLOSING FIVE ALPHABETS IN DIFFERENT STYLES. TWO ALPHABETS ARE IN THE QUAKER STYLE. DEPICTS POTTED FLOWERS, A FRUIT BASKET, AND BIRDS...
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19TH C. NESTING ALPHABET BLOCK SET BYJ.A. CRANDALL (11) Piece Mammoth ABC Wooden Block Set, by American toymaker Jesse Armor Crandall, patented in 1881, with paper litho labels affixed dovetailed wooden frames,...
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A Needlework Alphabet Sampler
American,Circa 1844
identified Cathe[r]ine H[a]rvey Y 1844.
with alphabet lines and floral designs.
15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches.
Property from a Private Collection, Lake Forest, Illinois...
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A Needlework Alphabet Sampler Wroughtby Amanda Coolidge
American, Circa 1827
identified Wrought by Amanda Coolidge in the Autumn of 1827 aged 11 years / Sibyl Carleton Instructress.
with alphabet lines and various...
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An American Needlework Alphabet Sampler
Circa1785
having alphabet lines with dogs and trees to lower edge.
identified Hester Kast Her / Work 1085.
21 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches.
Property from a Private Collection, Lake Forest,...
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19C AMERICAN FOLK ART SCHOOLGIRL ALPHABETSAMPLER United States,1841Identified "Dolly Sargent aged 10 years 1841" with the alphabet within a flower vine border....
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TWO SAMPLERS. Phebe Lamborn Americanpossibly Massachusetts 1800 silk and wool on linen. Signed and dated below rows of alphabets separated by a wide band of stylized tulips. In a frame 14 1/2'' h. 13 1/2''w....
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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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Two needleworks: 1835 floral and birdneedlework, bird perched on branch over “Charity Perry 1835”, silk on linen, American, 16-1/2 x 15-1/2 in. (sight), later frame, fading, darkening of linen ground,...
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5 vols. Mormon Subjects: Burton, RichardF. The City of The Saints. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1862. First American edition. 8vo, orig. brown cloth; rebacked, corners worn. With 3 maps on 1 fold. sheet, plan,...
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9 vols. (8 wrappers) Children's Books- Early & Mid 19th-Century American Imprints: The Death and Burial of Cock Robin. New Haven: Sidney's Press, 1826. 48mo, orig. pictorial wrappers; ink annotations on front...
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Early Baseball Player's Humidor & AlphabetPlate.
Description Humidor is marked "Austria" on bottom with "MZ" eagle mark and "1134". Original lid. Shows motif of baseball pitcher and outfielder. Very little wear...
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1840 German/American alphabet sampler,14 lines, stitched "Catherine A. Meirehoft born Germany Oct 15th 1823 Finished Greenwich Conn March 1840" above a four-line verse in German, letters and numbers stitched at...
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SAMPLER. Elizabeth Wallace American1836 silk on linen. Alphabets and verses with wide floral side borders separated by narrow sawtooth design. Signed and dated. ''Departed this life Dec 13th 1838 Aged 15''...
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