CURRENT SELECTION OF ANTIQUE SAMPLERS


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Next inventory update 12/12

Mary Appleton

 Ackworth School, Yorkshire, England,
circa 1827

Olivia Ann Hewes

Newton, Massachusetts, 1829

Mary M. Boyden

Ashford, Windham County,
Connecticut, 1827

CCHF, Pictorial Motif Sampler with Noah's Ark,

Hamburg, Germany, 1823

Caroline Darling

Marlborough, Middlesex County,  
Massachusetts, 1819

Whitework Pictorial Sampler

Basket of Flowers with Eight Vignettes, 
Northern Europe, initialed M. N., circa 1780

Catharine L. Channon

Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1826

Fatima Cushing

Scituate, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts, circa 1817

Sophia Rittenhouse

Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, circa 1820

“Pot Holder”, initialed N. D.

 American, 18th century

Rachel Matlack

Burlington County, New Jersey, 1784

Mary Treen

Rugby, Warwickshire,
England,1834

Pictorial Sampler, School of Mrs. Mary Ralston,

Easton, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania, circa 1830

Elizabeth Ecklee

Mrs. Hill’s Academy,
Kempsey, Worcestershire, England, 1804

 

Catharine Ritter,

Reading, Pennsylvania, 1833

Hannah Erden

England, 1817

Caroline McVaugh,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1820

Jane Nunn,

England, 1815

Eliza Axford,

Carrfield House, England, 1831

Darning Sampler,

Netherlands, 1824

Les Pensionnaires Pieuse,

France, circa 1820

Mary Jane Sarrell,

“The Watch”, England, 1849

Sally S. Smith,

Probably New England, United States, 1836

Susanna Hickson,

Leicestershire, England, 1783

Parrot Embroidery on Paper,

probably English, circa 1820

Elizabeth McCoy,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1813

Ann Cass,

Brompton-by-Sawdon,
Yorkshire, England, 1773

Catharine Bickel,

Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1827

Exotic Bird on a Basket of Berries,

 England, circa 1850

Silk Embroidery of Pictorial Motifs,

Germany, circa 1830

Mercy Kemp,

Yalding, Kent, England, 1814

Plushwork Bouquet of Flowers,

United States, circa 1850

Mary Donnoghue,

Boston, Massachusetts, 1827

Band Sampler,

MEK, United Kingdom, 1732

(left) front of 1732 sampler initialled MEK
(right) reverse of 1732 sampler initialled MEK
Flower Basket with Darning Squares,

England, circa 1800

 

Rowbottom samplers,

England, 1825 and 1828

Basket of Flowers Needlework Picture

United States, circa 1840

Lamb of God Sampler,

Netherlands, 1926

Pair of Handheld English Fire Screens

with Rosewood Handles, circa 1840

“The Wheat Sheaf Inn Posting House and Family Inn”,

England, circa 1840