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 Animals, Trees, Sarah Maggs, 1936, Glued On Board, 11 1/2 X 9 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabet Band, Tulips, Mary Brenneman, 1843, 18 1/2 X 19 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabet Brown Silk, Emily Parks, Granby, Conn., Linen Homespun, 8 3/4 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabet House, Flanked By Birds, Baskets Of Fruit, Berry Border, 18 1/2 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabet Melissa Berker Stone, 8 Years, Nov 8th, 1830, Silk On Linen, Frame, 13 X 21 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabet Needlepoint, Vine & Floral Border, 1816, Silk, Linen Homespun, 18 1/4 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabet Numbers, House, Birdhouse, Nelle Fisher, 10 Years, Frame, 15 X 13 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabet Red, Olive, Pink, Yellow, Mary Sauder, 1852, Linen Homespun, 18 X 54 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabet Verse, Berry Border, Silk On Linen, 20 1/2 X 14 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabet Numbers Irene Westell, Age 10 Years, July 1861, Frame 1997 Samplers Alphabets Celestine M. Lewis, 1863, Wool On Needlepoint Canvas, 12 1/2 X 12 3/4 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabets Crowns, Hearts, Floral, 1844, Silk On Homespun Linen, 18 X 14 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabets Dog, Flowers, Josephine Guerdras, 1845, Silk On Linen, Frame, 11 X 11 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabets Needlepoint, Helena Hofman, Frame, 1880, 16 X 22 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabets Numbers, Eunice Kennedy, Silk On Linen, Frame, 9 1/2 X 7 3/4 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabets Tree, Philomela E. Flint, 12 Years, 1830, Silk On Linen, Frame, 17 X 19 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabets Verse, Arabella Pinfold, 1780, Silk On Linen, Frame, 9 1/4 X 9 1/4 In. 1997 Samplers Alphabets Verse, Vine Border, 1827, Silk On Linen, Frame, 18 3/4 X 13 In. 1997 Samplers Alphanumeric Rows Jane M. Case, Age 12, 1834, 18 1/2 X 19 3/4 In. 1997 Samplers Ann Maria Manly Silk Thread, 1819, 16 X 17 In. 1997 Samplers Betsy C. Baker August 1, 1815, Wrought 1823, Silk On Homespun, 7 3/4 X 18 In. 1997 Samplers Bird Flowers Jane Heath Cole, Aged 10, 1817, 17 X 12 3/4 In. 1997 Samplers Bless Our Father Bless Our Mother, Eliza Richardson, Frame, 11 5/8 X 14 1/2 In. 1997 Samplers Blue Red, Green, Floral & Bird Border 1997 Samplers Border Of Vines Priscilla Saunder, Age 11, Frame, 16 X 12 3/4 In. 1997
