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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 | Numbers, Verse, Flowers, Vines, Animals Surrounding Frame, 12 x 13 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabet | Numbers, Verse, Mary Ann Taylor, 1838, Silk On Linen, 18 x 17 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabet | Polly Campbell, Age 10, Putney, Vermont, 1800, Silk On Linen, Frame, 11 x 15 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabet | Trees, Birds, Flower Border, Anne Johnson, Age 7 Years, 1796, Frame, 14 x 11 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabet | Urns Of Flowers, Peacocks, Birds, Cathren Kennedy, Silk, Linen, 16 x 11 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabet | Verse, Ann Warner, Aged 12, 1828, Frame, 16 x 7 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabet | Verse, Berries, Louisa Bendall, Age 13, Silk On Wool, Frame, 15 x 18 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabet | Verse, Flower Bouquet, Crewel Work, Frame, 1823, 23 x 20 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabet | Verse, Mary Murrell, Born 1715, Silk On Linen, England, 17 x 8 3/4 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabet | Verse, Schoolhouse, Silk On Linen, Frame, 19th Century, 12 x 16 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabet | Verse, Tree, Animals, Flower Border, Linen, Frame, 19th Century, 13 x 15 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabet | Vines, Dog, Silk On Linen, Frame, 5 x 8 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Alphabets | Numbers, Verse, Ann Scott Gleason, Silk On Linen, 21 x 17 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Animals | Scenes, Sarah Hill, March 14, 1823, 13 x 15 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Anna Staddard | 9th Year, Friday March Second, 1798, Silk On Linen, 13 x 11 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Basket | Vines, Birds, Trees, Flower Basket, Nancy W. Shackford, 1809, Silk On Linen, 12 x 14 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Brick Building | Flower, Sarah Camden, 11 Years, February 18, 1847, Frame, 14 x 23 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Brick Building | Lion Crest, Initials, 1830, Silk On Linen, Frame, 17 1/2 x 17 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Emma Whitehouse At Mrs. Horne’s Seminary | Landscape, Girl, 1843, Frame, 20 x 24 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Family Record | Phebe A Balard, 11th Year, 1822, 17 x 19 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Family Register | Alphabet, Sarah Kimball, 1827, Frame, 17 x 16 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Flower Bouquet | Vine Border, Silk, Frame, 8 3/4 x 9 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Flower Sprays | Leaping Stag, Vine Border, Frame, Ann Hoggard, Late 1700s, 16 x 13 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Flowers | Birds, Silk On Linen, Frame, 11 1/4 x 16 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Samplers | Flowers | Dogs, Bird, Strawberry Vine Border, Wool On Linen, Frame, 23 x 25 In. | 2010 |
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