Pictorial Sampler, School of Mrs. Mary Ralston,
Easton, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania, circa 1830
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“Pot Holder”, initialed N. D.
American, 18th century
Mary Lippincott
Burlington County,
New Jersey, 1821
Mary Bates
England, 1742
Maria Lloyd
England, 1831
Catharine Ritter,
Reading, Pennsylvania, 1833
Mary Appleton
Ackworth School, Yorkshire, England, circa 1827
Elizabeth Morgan
England, 1833
Jane Wheaton
England, 1824
Priscilla Cosburn Pearse
Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire,
England, 1803
National Female Model School
Miniature Sampler, Dublin,
Ireland, early 19th century
Alphabet and Motif Sampler
initialed I.R.,
Scotland, 1793
Margaret Watt
M. Leslie Mitchell’s School, Rora,
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1848
Caroline Brookes
England, 1834
Hannah Erden
England, 1817
Ann Hiron
School at Longmarson,
Warwickshire, England, 1738
Nancy Lees
Noah’s Ark, England, circa 1820
Jane Hamilton Davies
Welshpool, Montgomeryshire,
Wales, circa 1844
Ann Hix
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire,
England, 1777
Emma Warr
Family Record Sampler
Bridport, Dorset, England, circa 1837
H. Frost, Darning Sampler,
Sudbury, Suffolk, England, 1790
Whitework Pictorial Sampler
Basket of Flowers with Eight Vignettes,
Northern Europe, initialed M. N., circa 1780
Jane Nunn,
England, 1815
Elizabeth Ecklee
Mrs. Hill’s Academy,
Kempsey, Worcestershire, England, 1804
Amy H. Holcombe
Mt. Airy, Hunterdon County,
New Jersey, 1836
Matilda Rosianna Hoover
Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, 1837
Sally S. Smith,
Probably New England, United States, 1836
Eliza Axford,
Carrfield House, England, 1831
Amelia Powell
England, 1829
Sophia Crow
Sion House, Hatfield,
Peverell, Essex, England, 1829
Caroline McVaugh,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1820
Darning Sampler,
Netherlands, 1824
Les Pensionnaires Pieuse,
France, circa 1820
Mary Jane Sarrell,
“The Watch”, England, 1849
Susanna Hickson,
Leicestershire, England, 1783
Parrot Embroidery on Paper,
probably English, circa 1820
Sarah Rayner,
England, 1816
American Folk Marquetry Box
circa 1880
Elizabeth McCoy,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1813
Ann Cass,
Brompton-by-Sawdon,
Yorkshire, England, 1773
Catharine Bickel,
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1827
Woolwork Picture, Bray Church,
Near Maidenhead, Berkshire, England,
circa 1850
Exotic Bird on a Basket of Berries,
England, circa 1850
Silk Embroidery of Pictorial Motifs,
Germany, circa 1830
Emily Sikes,
Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, circa 1821
Ann Hope,
Runningburn, Scottish Borders Area, Scotland, 1811
Mercy Kemp,
Yalding, Kent, England, 1814
Plushwork Bouquet of Flowers,
United States, circa 1850
Julia Ann Knox,
Family Record Sampler,
Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1837
Mary Donnoghue,
Boston, Massachusetts, 1827
Eleanor Ballinger
United Kingdom, 1800
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
Nancy F. Strout,
Limington, York County, Maine, 1821
Mary Napper
Harlequin & Columbine,
England, 1814
Lamb of God Sampler,
Netherlands, 1926
Pair of Handheld English Fire Screens
with Rosewood Handles, circa 1840
CCHF, Pictorial Motif Sampler
Hamburg, Germany, 1823
Phoebe Brown
Mrs. Ventham’s Boarding School,
Winton, Hampshire, England, 1804
“The Wheat Sheaf Inn Posting House and Family Inn”,
England, circa 1840
Nancy E. Kingsbury
New York State or Ohio, 1828