Samplers
Samplers were made in America from the early 1700s. The best examples were made from 1790 to 1840. Long, narrow samplers are usually older than square ones. Early samplers just had stitching or alphabets. The later examples had numerals, borders, and pictorial decorations. Those with mottoes are mid-Victorian. A revival of interest in the 1930s produced simpler samplers, usually with mottoes. Seventeenth-century samplers are rare and it is said there are only five samplers from before the seventeenth century known to exist.
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Category Pattern or Item Description Year Priced Samplers Alphabet Verse, Flowering Vine, Sawtooth Border, Elizabeth Hobart, Aged 12, 1829, Frame, 19 x 16 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabet Verse, Flowers, Birds, Diamonds, Aged 10, c.1835, Frame, 18 x 18 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabet Verse, Flowers, Trees, Aged 13, Silk, Linen, c.1760, Frame, 17 x 11 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabet Verse, Fruit Vines, Ruth C. Risbrough, Aged 9 Years, Boston, Frame, 24 x 19 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabet Verse, Grass, Tree, Flower Border, Born May 11, 1808, Aged 10, 20 x 14 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabet Verse, House, Trees, Birds, Harriot Parker, Aged 10, 1808, Frame, 24 x 20 1/2 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabet Verse, Houses, Trees, Mary Jane Tibbets, Aged 13 Years, 1840, Frame, 17 x 16 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabet Verse, Love To Enemies, Flowers, Ann Walker, Aged 11 Years, 1832, 18 x 15 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabet Village Scene, Vine Border, c.1860, 18 x 18 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabets Fringe, Susanna Harr, 1824, Frame, 13 x 8 1/4 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabets House, Trees, Birds, Amanda Fuller, 1827, Frame, 16 x 12 1/2 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabets Number, Birds, Baskets, Mary Robinson, Silk, Linen, 1820, 12 1/2 x 16 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabets Sarah Jane Bunce, Aged 10 Years, Jan. 1834, Silk, Linen, Frame, 17 x 17 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabets Verse, Flower Baskets, Diamond Border, Harriet Tanner, 1835, 17 x 17 In. 2009 Samplers Alphabets Verses, Trees, Butterfly, Martha Elliott, Silk, Wool, 1783, Frame, 16 x 12 In. 2009 Samplers Flowers Deer, Floral Border, 10 Years Old, Silk, Linen, c.1840, Frame, 18 x 17 In. 2009 Samplers Flowers Geometric Borders, Aged 13, 1834, Silk, Linen, Frame, 16 x 17 In. 2009 Samplers Sheep Dogs, Trees, Urn, Flowers, Mary Todd, Born April 2, 1792, 1802, 22 x 18 In. 2009 Samplers Ship Figures, Dog, Church, Fait A Lille, June 16, 1817, Silk, Wool, 13 3/4 x 14 In. 2009 Samplers Verse Adam & Eve, House, Church, Age 16, 1844, Silk, Linen, Frame, 23 x 21 In. 2009 Samplers Verse Adam & Eve, Serpent Tree, Birds, Flower Urns, 1835, Frame, 20 3/4 x 18 1/4 In. 2009 Samplers Verse Adam & Eve, Vine Border, Margaret White, 1839, Frame, 16 x 16 In. 2009 Samplers Verse Alphabet, Flowering Vine, Mary M. Case, Age 11, 1828, Chelsea, Vermont, 14 x 18 In. 2009 Samplers Verse Alphabet, Hearts, Bird, Initials, Frame, Emily Wells, Silk, Linen, 1830, 9 x 7 1/2 In. 2009 Samplers Verse Alphabet, Vine Border, Flower Basket, Gold Frame, 12 1/4 x 12 1/2 In. 2009
