Current Selections
All samplers in our current selections are priced and available for sale. Read about their specific history, condition and research here.
Sampler
Price Index
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ASF, German sampler, dated 1766
Samplers made in the middle of the 18th century in northern Europe can offer interesting pictorial subjects arranged in pleasing compositions and executed in a fine vocabulary of stitches.
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Jane Camen, England, 1714
…band sampler worked, quite remarkably, by a six year old, Jane Camen, in 1714. Her needlework would be considered of excellent quality for a schoolgirl of any age…
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Sarah Clark, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, circa 1812
Long, lustrous satin-stitches, one of the hallmarks of fine Massachusetts samplers, were used to form the large blossoms, leaves and vine; a white bow punctuates the bottom with well-placed four red buds allowing for further embellishment.
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Pictorial English sampler, circa 1810
Unlike most English samplers we find, which are precise and symmetrical, this is a delightfully folky sampler with a wonderful landscape across the bottom.
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Mary Ann Harrison, Pennsylvania, 1827
...excellent quality needlework, a well-developed pictorial register, outstanding horizontal bands and a highly appealing aphorism: "Industry is itself a treasure."
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Highland Scene Silk Embroidery, Scotland, circa 1830
...a large and beautifully worked sentimental scene set in the Scottish highlands, complete with a bagpiper, a young couple and a pair of cherubic children, all of them dressed in classic attire of the highlands.
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Sarah Holl, England, 1805
Lavish use of the eyelet stitch attests to the maker's aptitude in the needle arts and adds to the appeal of this antique sampler, which is reminiscent of the fine work that had appeared on sophisticated English samplers for centuries at that point.
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Mary Howe, England, 1832
Mary Howe worked her sampler in 1832; a handsome pictorial piece featuring a large 16th century manor house on a sloping lawn.
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“John and Ellin” Ship sampler, England, circa 1825
The Register of Shipping, published yearly in London by the Society for the Registry of Shipping indicates that the "John and Ellin" (or Ellen) was built in Sunderland and sailed from 1822 until 1829.
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Ann Lambard, England, 1761
…endearing little marking sampler was stitched by Ann Lambard was worked in 1761, when she was only seven year old…
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Sophie Letailleur, France, 1848
Included are depictions of a sailing ship, a large dog at a tree with a bird, vases of flowers and other large and colorful birds on branches.
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Polly Loring, Hingham, Massachusetts, 1787
This fine 18th century American sampler was made in 1787 by Polly Loring of Hingham, Massachusetts and it is listed in the important 1921 book, American Samplers by Bolton and Coe.
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Sarah Parker, Massachusetts, 1799
...sampler fits into the tradition of 18th century samplers made in the towns of coastal northern Massachusetts, with little hillocks of plants and trees and deeply arcaded borders.
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Pocketbook, European, late 18th century
Delicate pocketbook bears the German inscription "A memento of our friendship," inscribed on a cottage, reminding us that pocket books were often gifts of affection.
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Pole Screen, Scottish, circa 1840
...this lovely tabletop pole screen with a needlework picture of a highlander: a young Scottish boy with his staff and shield and a feather in his cap.
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Nancy Sanborn, Gilmanton, New Hampshire, 1831
...a pair of unusual checkerboard flower pots flank a fascinating center element, which has its precedent in 18th century Boston band sampler design, with the addition of tiny birds and flowers decorating the enclosed spaces.
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Kitty Waterman, England, 1804
One of the skills that young needleworkers were taught was whitework darning, which would hold obviously practical, life-long applications.
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Mary Winney, Scottish or American, 1804
The work itself is quite handsome. A wide array of decorative bands is interspersed with alphabets, and Miss Winney certainly practiced her eyelet stitch with perfection.
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