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Celia Talcott
Wethersfield, Connecticut circa 1818
antique needle sampler
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Eunice Ladd Sanbornton, Belknap, NH, c. 1825 antique needlework sampler
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Louiza Sewall 1836 antique needlework sampler Philadelphia
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Eliza Meserole antique needlework sampler, New Jersey dated 1819
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Towle needlework sampler Epping, New Hampshire circa 1828
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Julian Clark antique needlework sampler c. 1815
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Mary Pinckney antique needlework sampler Boston, Massachusetts dated 1742
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Lydia Lippincott antique needlework sampler, Burlington, County, NJ dated 1832
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Anna Maria Titus antique needlework sampler dated 1823, New York, New York
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Dorcas Haight, View of Westtown School 1805 needlework sampler
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Jane Stull antique needlework sampler, Hunterdon County, NJ dated 1838
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Hannah Dolbeare
antique needlework sampler, Boston, Massachusetts dated 1762
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Abigil Rich antique needlework sampler, Ware, Massachusetts dated 1829
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Mary Dixwell antique needlework sampler Boston, Massachusetts dated 1760
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Margaret P. Cropper antique sampler family register Worcester County, Maryland circa 1812.
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Antique needlework sampler by Mary Brown dated 1817
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Lydia Richardson antique needlework sampler Salem, MA dated 1799
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Pennsylvania antique needlework sampler by Sarah Evans dated 1824
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Antique needlework sampler by S. S. Hayward aged 8.
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Elizabeth Norris antique needlework sampler Olney House c.1820
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Nancy Lock's antique needlework sampler,
Lexington, MA 1806
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Elizabeth Rosewall antique needlework sampler, St. Ives, England 1790
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Lydia Hall antique needlework sampler, Deerfield, MA 1829
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Hannah Kelter's antique needlework sampler, Montgomery County, PA 1835
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Ann Greely antique needlework family record sampler, Portland, Maine dated 1818
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Charlotte Howard antique needlework sampler, c. 1790, Westfield, Massachusetts
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Mary Mann antique needlework sampler Mendon, Massachusetts
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Margaret Anderson family register antique needlework sampler, Windham, New Hampshire dated 1818
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Antique needlework sampler Easton, PA stitched at Mary Ralston's School circa 1830
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Mary Florence antique needlework sampler, Philadelphia 1826
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Mary Emman antique needlework sampler dated 1836, Redington, New Jersey
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Antique needlework sampler by Nancy Owen Marsh, New England
c. 1785
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Antique needlework sampler by Charlott White dated 1826, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Dresden Table Mat antique crewel work Philadelphia c.1740
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Delaware River Valley Emblem of Love antique needlework sampler C. 1800
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Antique needlework sampler by Sarah Alling
New Haven, CT 1836
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Salem, Massachusetts antique needlework family record sampler wrought by 11 year old Sarah Pope dated 1822.
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Delaware Valley antique needlework sampler by Anne M. Dowell, c.1810
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Mary L. Stanton antique needlework sampler, Pokeepsie, NY dated 1832
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Phebe Spencer's sampler
Newport, RI 1763 Sold
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Mary Alexander,s sampler
Newbury, Massachusetts 1788 Sold
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Fanny Keever sampler Hummelstown, PA
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Martha Ann Little
America 1824 (probably MA or RI)
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Euphemia Gray antique needlework sampler, Pennsylvania (probably) dated 1840
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Mary Langdon, antique needlework sampler Massachusetts, dated 1765
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Crewel work sampler
inscribed "B. I. 1795" .
Probably Philadelphia, PA. One of a pair.
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Crewel work sampler probably Philadelphia, PA 1795
One of a pair.
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Sampler or Antique Sampler: Usually these terms refer to early needlework accomplishments
stitched, or wrought by young students in schools with silk thread on a linen background. They can run the gamut
in quality, complexity, and price. The first attempt at making a sampler by a young girl, or far less frequently
a young boy, was usually a very simple sampler with only alphabets, numbers, name, date, and sometimes a small
amount of decorative stitching. These are commonly referred to as marking samplers. As the students became more
capable, the complexity of the sampler usually increased accordingly. At the very top are some masterpieces sporting
a wide variety of difficult stitches and subtle color changes intricately and graphically executed to create a
needlework sampler that was framed, proudly displayed and cherished. Now those same samplers are highly sought
after and cherished by knowledgeable antique needlework collectors.
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