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 Eliza Ann Frazer's 10th Year, Steubenville, 1824, Frame, 18 1/4 X 18 3/4 In. 1997 Samplers Abc Floral, Lovina Bixby, Age 11, 1829 1996 Samplers Adam Eve Apple Tree, Serpent, Silk On Homespun, Cord Ties, Frame, 6 X 5 In. 1996 Samplers Adam Eve Serpent, Ann Symes, Aged 8 Years, 1831, Frame, 19 X 15 3/4 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Baskets, Mary Hawken, Allentown, 1857, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Eleanor Potter, Lincoln Maine, April, 1823 1996 Samplers Alphabet Needlepoint, Barbara Richter 1861, Sewn To Card, Frame, 19 1/2 X 31 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Numbers, Basket Of Flowers, Birds, Dog, Red Border, Silk, Frame, 6 X 5 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Numbers, Inscription, Becca Bixby, Age 10, Boxford, Mass, 1791, 11 X 7 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Red Silk, Homespun, Gilt Frame, 7 1/4 X 8 3/4 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Verse, Charlotte P. Smith, Born Dec. 23, 1811, 12 1/2 X 8 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Verse, Urn With Flowers, Sarah Ann Tyson, 1833, 18 X 20 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Verses, Inscription, Philinda Burges, Age 12, 1831, 17 X 13 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Numbers Elizabeth Wadsworth, Frame, 10 X 10 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Numbers Martha Guite, 1882, Frame, 9 X 8 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Verse Garden Scene, Jean Burrell, 17 1/2 X 12 3/4 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabet Verse Maria Gurson, June 18, 1823, Silk On Linen, Frame, 14 X 9 1/2 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabets Church, Dog, House, Eliza Jane Houston, 7 Years, Ohio, 1828, 19 X 21 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabets Compote Of Flowers, Birds, Silk Thread On Linen, 19th Century, 9 X 9 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabets Eliza Ann Green, 1841, Frame, 21 3/4 X 22 1/4 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabets Gingerbread, Apple Trees, Verse, Emma Vincent, Age 9 Yrs., 1872, 10 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabets House, Nancy Moncrief, 1836, Silk On Linen, Ohio, Frame, 26 X 19 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabets Flowers Mary Dannelis, August, 1835, Linen, Frame, 19 1/4 X 18 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabets Numbers Silk On Homespun, Mary Lewington, 1812, Frame, 15 X 10 In. 1996 Samplers Alphabets Verse Silk On Linen, Lavina L. Wise, Age 9, 1834, Frame, 22 X 22 In. 1996
