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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MARYLAND WOOL AND SILK PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORKprobablyBaltimore, center building with arched windows and doors above stepped yard with raised figures feeding birds and cow, stitched below "Theodate Pope's Work Finished July 25th...
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DUTCH ANNA PLOMP SAMPLER, BORN 1808DUTCHANNA PLOMP SAMPLER, BORN 1808, made when she was twelve years old, silk and wool embroidery, h: 18 x 19 in. (sight)...
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Silk on wool sampler, 19th c. with ABC'sand flowers etc.
17" x 11.5" ss / 20.25" x 15.25" oa
Condition: Professionally conserved, minor losses to top and bottom edges, minor discoloration....
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LARGE SILK AND WOOL ON LINEN SAMPLERDATED 1846Large silk and wool on linen sampler dated 1846 , wrought by Dinah Hopkin, depicting Solomon's Temple, 23" x 25".
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TWO SILK AND WOOL ON LINEN SAMPLERSTwosilk and wool on linen samplers, by Eliza Coulby 1832 and Ann Roe 1834, 12 1/4" x 11 1/2" and 11 1/2" x 9".
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PENNSYLVANIA NEEDLEWORK GROUP OF SEWINGARTICLESImportant Chester County, Pennsylvania needlework grouping of sewing articles, ca. 1785 , made by Hannah Darlington, each piece bearing the maker's name or initials,...
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Scottish needlework sampler thirdquarter 18th century Worked in green and red silks on wool with a four line verse beginning 'Virtue's the chiefest Beauty of the Mind...', alphabet and number series, ...
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FOUR FRAMED SAMPLERS. A wool samplerby 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...
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SAMPLER. England 1882 silk on wool.Neat rows of alphabets and numbers over Bible with the phase ''Search the Scriptures''. Signed and dated by eleven year old Bessie Hill. In a frame. 14'' x 14''. Good...
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TWO FRAMED SAMPLERS. Silk/cotton onlinen 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...
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TWO SAMPLERS. Mary Ann Timmins England1836 and 1838 silk on linen and silk on wool. Marking samplers the second with verse. Both signed and dated. Imperfections. In a single frame 20 1/2''h. 13''w. ...
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1835 North Carolina sampler, 13 linesof letters, numbers and four-line verse, cross-stitched in blue thread "Orry A. Alexander.was.born.Nov.22'd 1824.", cross-stitched bottom center in red threads...
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SAMPLER. Sarah Smith probably English1805 silk on wool. Naturalistic motifs worked in various stitches include a pair of multicolored birds roses and birds perched in potted shrubs surrounded by clover leaf...
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SAMPLER. Elizabeth Ainge English 1841silk on wool. Minutely worked motifs include an Oriental-style building a pair of recumbent deer and butterflies as well as flowers and birds. Signed and dated. In a frame...
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Two English needlework samplers 19thcentury Silk on wool, both square, the first with a central flower-filled urn, a dog, a fox and 'Sophie'; the other with alphabet enclosed by flowering vines signed 'Sarah...
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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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SAMPLER. Elizabeth Wright Englandearly 19th century silk on wool. Adam and Eve sampler with verse entitled ''The Fall of Adam''. Paired motifs include cupids birds butterflies and dogs. In an old frame...
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SAMPLER. Mary Ratt England 1809 silk on wool. Minute stitches form letters and flowers including mutlicolored alphabets crowns and floral basket. Signed and dated. In a frame 15 1/2''h. 14''w. Insect...
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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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1825 map sampler, United States, territoriesand Eastern Canada outlined over an 11-line verse "When I view the chart of that world which God has produced from chaos let it teach me early that the pleasant scene...
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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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SAMPLER. American 1847 silk andwool on linen. Marking sampler with a pair of white birds in a potted tree and two little dogs one red the other blue. Illegible. In a frame 9 1/4''h. 11 1/2''w. ...
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SAMPLER. Phebe Harris England 1796silk on wool. Paired motifs of birds potted urns and trees surround the cartouche containing eleven-year-old Phebe's information. Imperfections. In an older frame 13''h....
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SAMPLER. Sarah Jane Bone England 1798 silk on wool. An elaborate flowing border surrounds three rows of minutely stitched paired motifs including butterflies baskets animals and trees. A building resembling...
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SAMPLER. Probably Scotland or Englandearly 19th century silk and wool on linen. Long narrow format with a multitude of initials as well as alphabets and a two-story house with roosting peacocks and two little...
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1834 British School sampler, lower panelwith 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...
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SAMPLER. Ann Gilbert York School England 1790 silk on wool. Probably Quaker multiple alphabets a verse and maker's information enclosed in a thin circle. In a frame 14''h. 15 1/2''w. In 19th...
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SAMPLER. Anna Jane Jones England 1794 silk on wool. Moralistic verses alternate with decorative rows of spider-like flowers and acorns. Pairs of butterflies hover over potted flowers. Bright colors on clean...
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SAMPLER. Probably American ca.1850silk on wool. Large two-toned rabbit anchors the bottom of the sampler at the top a figure of a young girl is flanked by oversized flowers smaller paired motifs included...
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TWO SAMPLERS. Eliza Pratt England1812 silk on wool. Minute stitches in a lengthly verse and surrounding motifs and borders. In a frame 13 1/4''h. 12''w. And small marking sampler signed Elizabeth Sunderland...
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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. Charlotte Funnell England1816 silk on wool. Tiny stitches depict two pair of Adam and Eve one pair having blue skin crows baskets and monkey-like dogs. Good color. In an older frame 14 1/2''h....
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SAMPLER. Mary Pinkney Yorkshire Englandca.1824 silk and wool on linen. Family record of John and Jane Pinkney with scattered motifs including strawberry baskets birds sheep and a tree with an abundance of apples....
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SAMPLER. Eleanor Rook England 1802silk on wool. Minute stitches form sets of alphabets religious verses woven baskets of flowers pairs of birds crowns and hearts. Signed and dated. Bright colors. In a...
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SAMPLER. Theodosia Cavston probablyEngland dated 1752 silk on wool. Minute stitches form moral verses separated by decorative bands of hearts crowns diamonds and flowers. Signed at bottom. Bright colors....
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