Current Selections (click image for more information)

Elizabeth Crowninshield,

Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1805
Hester Brunner, Pennsylvania German

Worcester, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1835
Ann During, Black Recaptive Missionary Sampler

Gloucester, Sierra Leone, West Africa, 1843
Sarah Batt,

Ackworth School, Yorkshire, England, 1821
Janet Sharp,

Rothsay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, 1812
Sidney Jefferis,

East Bradford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1804
Isabella Chrisman,

Wilson County, Tennessee, 1847
Elizabeth Smith, “The Hare and Many Friends”

 England, 1785
Eliza Bryan,

Centerville, Wayne County, Indiana, 1834
Sally H. Fox,

Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts, 1821
Anna Bee

Family Record Sampler, Gloucester County, New Jersey, 1826
Collet Fiché Embroidery,

France, circa 1800
Betsey T. Hammond,

Carver, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, 1832
Martha J. Woodberry,

Beverly, Massachusetts, 1825

 
Silk Embroidered Memorial to George Torrey,

Scituate, Massachusetts, circa 1815
“Dear Grandmamma”, Miniature Sampler, Fanny & Emily Clifford

England, 1821
Silk Embroidery of Animals and Birds,

probably American, circa 1800
Mary Stone,

England, circa 1820
Betsy Farnum,

Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, 1800
Alphabet and Motif Sampler Sections

Netherlands, circa 1800
Priscilla Conrad,

Horsham, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania, 1806

 
Charlotte Barnes,

England, 1815
Sally S. Smith,

United States, 1836
Sally Paine Hemenway,

Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 1814

 
Miniature Bible Text Sampler, Eliza Owen, “an orphan”

Bristol, England, 1798
Julia Vankeuren,

New York State, circa 1835

 
Lititz Moravian Girl’s School Silk Embroidery

by Eliza Carolina Dagen of
New Windsor, Frederick County, Maryland, 1822
Red and White Plain Sewing Sampler,

France, circa 1900
Motif Sampler

Netherlands, 1837
GS, Unfinished Sampler,

Netherlands, 1793
Pair of Sleeve Cuffs

Europe, circa 1880
Frances L. Stacy,

Washington County, Ohio, 1826
Pair of Needlework Pictures,

Edith Pearson, England, 1772
Eugenia Danels Mumma

Baltimore, Maryland, 1835
Mary Howe, England, 1832
Mary D. Herring,

Malden, Massachusetts, 1803
Sidney Caroline Hendricks,

Lititz Moravian Girls’ School,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1823
Provenance: Collection of Betty Ring
Sarah Hill Fitch, Ellsworth,

Trumbull [now Mahoning] County,

 Ohio, 1836
Mary Belsterling,

Philadelphia, circa 1817
Susan Meader,

 New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1818
Mary A. How,

 Pennsylvania, 1828
Embroidered Panels, Turkish Ottoman

late 19th century
Sarah Ann Clare, England, 1824
Elizabeth Seal,

Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1814
Emeline A. Smith,

Leominster, Massachusetts, 1828
Woolwork Picture, Bray Church,

Near Maidenhead,
Berkshire, England, circa 1850
Arabella Downer,

Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, 1820
Anna Caroline Boyer

Easton, Pennsylvania, 1839
Margaret Spender, England, 1810
Rachel Elizabeth Morgan,

New York, New York, 1838
“House Guest” Miniature Sampler,

England, circa 1820
Caroline Goulding,

Hopkinton, Middlesex County,
Massachusetts, circa 1821
Christianna Anne Stiner,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1828
Catharine Shimer, Mary Ralston School

Easton, Pennsylvania, 1829
CSW, Practice Sampler,

German, 1794
Harriet Mead, probably Vermont, 1814
Charlotte Doctor, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, 1827