ENGLISH ADAM AND EVE SILK ON LINEN SAMPLEREnglishAdam and Eve silk on linen sampler wrought by Eliza Pontesbury . . . age 9 , dated December 7, 1824 , with alphabet, human figures, butterflies, parrots, and verse, 17 1/2"...
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CONNECTICUT SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORKSAMPLERBozrah, Connecticut silk on linen needlework sampler , wrought by Catharine Westcot Hough, A.D. 1839 , with verse, house, trees, and flowers, all centered by a trailing...
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SAMPLER. American or English, silk onlinen. Finely stitched verse, flowers, pine trees, stag and "Ann Fisher 1818". Minor stains and small holes. Framed, 14.75"h. 16"w....
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+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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RARE MAURY CO. TN FIGURAL SAMPLERImportantMaury County, Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, signed Margaret A. Reaves and dated 1830. Sampler features a floral border enclosing 3 alphabets and 1 row of numbers,...
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BOURBON CO. KY HOUSE SAMPLER C.1815BourbonCounty, Kentucky House Sampler attributed to Martha "Patsy" Hook, c. 1815. Silk on linen sampler featuring a strawberry border enclosing three alphabets, a basket of flowers,...
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6 PC. EARLY SAMPLER COLLECTION: 1) Framed19th-Century Folk Art Sampler, by Sarah Smethurst, age 12. Having a Verse, Tigers, Trees, & Flowers. Approx. 25'' h x 22'' w.; 2) 1770's Folk Art Sampler with alphabet, crowns,...
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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,...
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Silk on linen sampler wrought by ElizabethGreatorex born Dec 22, Shottle Derbyshire, with Adam and Eve, verse, potted flowers, house and vine border.
19.5" x 16.5" ss / 23" x 20.25" oa
Condition: Professionally conserved....
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Silk on linen sampler with verse, wroughtby Susanna Evans 1824, with birds, flowers, animals and vine border.
21" x 18.5" ss / 24.5" x 21.25" oa
Condition: Professionally conserved, some discoloration, losses, wear...
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NEW HAMPSHIRE SAMPLER. Silk on linen.Alphabets, numerals, verse and flowers in shades of blue, ivory and brown. "Mira Runels aged 12, born 1797" (Haverhill, New Hampshire). Some stitch loss and color bleeding....
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STARK COUNTY, OHIO SILK ON LINEN SAMPLER,1830Stark County, Ohio silk on linen sampler, dated 1830 , wrought by Lucinda Eldredge, with alphabet and verse within an elaborate potted vine flower border, 16 3/4" x 16...
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SILK ON LINEN SAMPLER, DATED 1823, ETC.Silkon linen sampler, dated 1823, wrought by Savilla Black, together with another with verse and floral wreath, frames - 22 3/4" x 19 1/4" and 20 1/4" x 20 1/4".
Competitive...
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LARGE PENNSYLVANIA SILK ON LINEN SAMPLERLargeOley Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania silk on linen sampler dated 1837 , wrought by Hannah Yoder, under the instruction of Sarah Boone at the Oley Select School; a floral...
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THREE SAMPLERS. Two are memorial. Silkon 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...
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Delaware Valley silk on linen samplerdated 1817, in the Quaker manner wrought by Rachel Anderson dated 1817, with flowers, animals and verse border, in a reproduction maple frame
12.5" x 10.5" sight size / 16"...
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PAIR OF HISTORIC GRANVILLE OHIO SAMPLERSAND 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...
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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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American silk on linen sampler wroughtby Elizabeth Hunt c.1800 with verse and potted flowers. 16.75"x15"...
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American probably Chester County PAsilk on linen sampler dated 1831 with verse flowers buds and house wrought by Elizabeth Thompson and mounted in its original mahogany veneered frame. 18.75"x22"...
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Rare silk on linen sampler wrought byCaroline Sawyer Age 11 Henniker New Hampshire with ABC's dated August 24 1815 with finely embroidered flowers trees and birds in the border and verse reading "As thus my hand...
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American pictorial and verse sampler,central red brick church over "St. Johns Church built 1828/Consecrated October 1839", eight line religious verse, signed "Elizabeth Spencers Work Aged 17 years...
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Rare silk on linen sampler wrought byHannah Pugh Philadelphia 1787 with ABC's verse colorful potted flowers and vine decoration. 20.5"x17"...
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Early American miniature silk on linensampler wrought by Sarah Cornell 1744 with verse. 7.5"x7.75"...
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American silk on linen sampler wroughtby Elizabeth Sherwood early 19th c. with a central verse titled Christmas Day 16 1/2" x... ?...
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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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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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English Quaker Sampler Wortley Schoolearly19th century silk on linen with encircled verse on ''Virtue'' and maker's name and school stitched beneath ''Mary Hepper / Wortley School''; presented in an early gilt and...
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TWO SAMPLERS. Ann Sanborn possiblyNew 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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SAMPLER. American or English 1817silk on linen. Alphabets religious verses paired motifs including birds lions trees and darning patterns. ''Wrought by Har Jackson taught by S Child''. In older gilt...
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1811 sampler, eight-line over four-lineverse separated by eyelet-stitched band, stitched at bottom center "by Harriett Boyd Cellihen aged 13 years ____ 1811", rose motifs flank verses, sawtooth inner...
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English silk on linen sampler dated1741 with two religious verses. 16.5"x5.5"...
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1848 three-verse sampler, silk on linen,ten line verse from Genesis, central panel surrounded by floral, animal and tree motifs, inscribed below "Mary Stevenson Aged 8 years [Anno Domini] 1848", vine and berry border,...
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