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 Mrs Rowsons Academy Caroline Hull, November 8, 1803 1998 Samplers Peacock Coat Of Arms, Connecticut Family, Betsy Hatch, 1799, Frame, 6 x 9 3/4 In. 1998 Samplers Pheby Ann Bush Aged 8 Years 1843, Wool On Linen, Frame, 19 x 20 In. 1998 Samplers Rose Vines Around Verse Margaret Shirmer, Wool On Linen, 1840, 17 x 16 In. 1998 Samplers Stitch Flowers White, Blue, Green, Beige, Silk On Linen, Mahogany Frame, 12 In. 1998 Samplers Strawberries On Black Ground 1785, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 In. 1998 Samplers Strawberry Border Mary Ann Tomlinsom, Flimby School, 1836, 22 x 17 In. 1998 Samplers Stylized Flowers Buildings, Silk On Homespun, Dated 1797, Frame, 21 x 22 In. 1998 Samplers Ten Commandments Verse John Field & Dianna Field Married, 1799, 19 x 22 In. 1998 Samplers Tulips Dutch Design, Rebecca Parker, Aged 10 Years, Silk On Linen, 11 x 16 In. 1998 Samplers Verse Brick House, Silk On Linen, Frame, Inscribed, 1783, 19 x 15 In. 1998 Samplers Verse Emily Dickinson, Lower Panel With Flowers, 19th Century, 16 x 12 In. 1998 Samplers Verse House, Birds, Rachel Mauger Age 12, Floral Border, 20 x 15 In. 1998 Samplers Verses Elizabeth Grave, 1760, Aged 14, Border, Linen, Gilt Frame, 16 x 13 In. 1998 Samplers Verses Mary Collier, Aged 9, 1834, Frame, 14 1/2 x 12 In. 1998 Samplers Vining Border Linen Homespun, Stylized Trees, Frame, 16 3/4 In. 1998 Samplers Vining Borders Hannah Francia, 1817, Frame, 18 1/2 x 17 1/2 In. 1998 Samplers Zigzag Border Abigail Cool, Feb. 6th, 1796, Silk On Linen Homespun, 14 In. 1998 Samplers Adam & Eve Standing Beside Apple Tree, Green, Yellow, 1805, 19 3/4 X 16 In. 1998 Samplers Ann Gay Is My Name & With My Needle I Work The Same 11 Years, 1778 1998 Samplers Lincoln & Washington Partially Printed, Colored Needlepoint, Frame, 9 X 21 In. 1998 Samplers Mrs. Rowson's Academy Caroline Hull, November 8, 1803, 11 1/2 X 7 3/4 In. 1998 Samplers Adam Eve, Tree, Serpent, Red, Blue, Olive, Mary Cryer, 1853, 22 X 20 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabet 2 Styles Of Alphabets, Anna Ireland 1997 Samplers Alphabet 4 Styles Of Letters, Green Thread, Emma Tetley Leeds, 1848, 16 X 14 1/2 In. 1997
