![framed God Bless Our Home motto sampler: frame has crack as shown and there is wear and loss to sampler](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5897/332340/179238412_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717469079)
Samplers
![framed God Bless Our Home motto sampler: frame has crack as shown and there is wear and loss to sampler](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5897/332340/179238412_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717469079)
![Antique Sampler & a Second Needlwork Pc. (2): Antique Sampler, " A Ship is a Breath of Romance that Carries Us Miles Away" L. J. Fowler (perhaps the person who did the sampler) and with the alphabet. Framed 18”h x 14.5”w. Frame as is.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/545/332313/179736004_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718039064)
![Native American Navajo vintage Germantown dazzler sampler weaving. 21 1/4"H x 17 1/2"W: Native American Navajo vintage Germantown dazzler sampler weaving. weaving in bright red, yellow, green, cream, blue and black. 21 1/4"H x 17 1/2"W](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/918/332809/179634421_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717873146)
![Collection of Three Antique Samplers, 18th Century: Collection of Three Antique Samplers by the same family, one is dated 1770 Two: 22 in. x 7.5 in. Framed 27 in. x 12.5 in. Single: 26.5 in. x 7.5 in. Framed 31 in. x 12.25 in.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6681/333076/179801398_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718285153)
![A 19thC needlework sampler with letters of the alphabet and foliate borders, by Margaret Gibbon,: A 19thC needlework sampler with letters of the alphabet and foliate borders, by Margaret Gibbon, 1847. Approx. 14 1/4" x 10" Please Note - we do not make reference to the condition of lots within desc](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1605/332685/179718270_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718122165)
![Pictorial Needlepoint Sampler, Dated 1860: Pictorial Needlepoint Sampler, embroidered with a prayer and a polychrome building to center, dated April 1860 lower right, hardwood frame with gilt border. Image: 25.5" H x 25" W; frame: 31.25" H x 3](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5649/333144/179840305_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718227312)
![VON KAMPEN - AMERICAN FOLK ART COUNTRY SAMPLER: T. Von Kampen - American Folk Art Country Sampler. Whimsical Scenes with Figures and Animals. Signed Lower Right. 12" x 13" Framed.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1379/331101/178486012_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716581494)
![Ann Elizabeth Williams Needlework Sampler. February 3, 1852: Ann Elizabeth Williams Needlework Sampler, Purton, February 3, 1852, stitched at age 9, in bird's eye maple frame 18 in. x 12.75 in. Framed 21 in. x 15.75 in.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6681/333076/179801537_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718285153)
![Painted Game Board, Framed Sampler, & Framed Quilt: Painted Game Board, Framed Sampler, & Framed Quilt. Up to 13" x 16" ALL DESCRIPTIONS AND ANY CONDITION STATEMENT GIVEN BY LANGSTON AUCTION GALLERY ARE STRICTLY OPINIONS AND LANGSTON'S SHALL HAVE NO RE](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1053/333101/179887258_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718290682)
![Vintage Bucilla Antique Pattern Cross Stitch Sampler 1980: This Vintage Bucilla Antique Pattern Cross Stitch Sampler 1980 is in very good condition. One small stain, Frame is tight and in very good condition. Measures 13” x 10” x 5/8”.; This](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332695/179465166_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717798128)
![AMERICAN RELIGIOUS FOLK ART SAMPLER: Big American Religious Folk Art Sampler. Reads: See how the lives flourish white and fair. See how the Ravens fed from Heaven are. When ne'er distrust thy God for cloth or Bread. Whilst Lillies flouri](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1379/331101/178486014_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716581494)
![Antique Needlework Sampler: "God Bless Our Home" Framed. 15”h x 12”w](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/545/332313/179735991_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718038254)
![Saki Sampler Plus 3 More Vintage Books: A Saki Sampler - H. H. Munro 1945 Plus Alabam - Donald Henderson Clarke 1947 David Harum - Edward Noyes Westcott 1946 The Love Nest and Other Stories - Ring Yardner 1926 Binding: Paperback](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5614/330257/178045529_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716032806)
![Antique Persian Bidjar Sampler Rug 3'4" x 3'8" (1.02 x 1.12 M): The town and surrounding Kurdish carpets of the eponym city, often in room or larger sizes. All wool before 1920, cotton warp afterward. Medallion and allover patterns. Heavy and compact. City weavers](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5816/333035/179786947_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718134925)
![Needlework sampler by Martha M. Walton - Pennsylvania, dated 1834: This very graphic pleasing sampler is inscribed: Martha M. Walton 1834. It is very likely worked by 16 year old Martha M. Walton from Montgomery, PA who was the daughter of Julian and John Walton. The](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331084/178473754_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716578466)
![Needlework Sampler by Elizabeth C. Smith c.1825: Needlework sampler wrought by Elizabeth C. Smith. Probably PA or NJ circa 1825. The sampler depicts a large basket of harvest fruit and vegetables, and a shepherdess under a tree with her dog and seve](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331090/178477256_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716578461)
![Tirzah Porter’s Miniature Sampler 1834: A horizontal format miniature sampler, dated 1834, by Tirzah Porter. Ths ampler has an all caps alphabet and a second with all small letters. Tirzah included the date below her name and there are some](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331090/178477241_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716578461)
![Polly Veazie Needlework Sampler Mass. c.1805: Polly Veazie worked her neat and tidy needlework sampler c. 1805, when she was about 13 years old. She chose a dark, almost green linen (giving the sampler the appearance of being a linsey-woolsey sam](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331084/178473571_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716578466)
![Marg. Yeardley Sampler Bucks Cty PA c.1765: This very colorful needlework sampler was done c.1765 by Margaretta Yeardley (could be of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The sampler includes several different alphabets, an inspirational verse, numbers](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331090/178477413_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716578461)
![Vintage Embroidered Motto Sampler, 1950s Finely Hand Worked, Framed Under Glass: Vintage from the 1950s Materials: Wool, Linen Width: 16 inches Height: 13 1/2 inches Depth: 1 1/4 inches "Vintage Embroidered Motto Sampler, 1950s Finely Hand Worked, Framed Under Glass This vintage 1](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331084/178473608_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716578466)
![Various school samplers,: Various school samplers, an 1894 wool alphabet by Sarah Mason, Wesley School, Lancaster ó7 Ωin. (19cm.) wide; a red stitched alphabet by Barbara Cook, another embroidered ëMummy Dear 19](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2537/331300/178690261_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718120229)
![An early 20th century school sampler book,: An early 20th century school sampler book, the front inscribed E.J. Thompson, Birmingham University, 1902-03, thirteen pages of sample sewing, embroidery and clothes making ó10in. (25.5cm.) high](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2537/331300/178690259_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718120229)
![A rare 1856 pocket sampler,: A rare 1856 pocket sampler, hand-stitched letter in red, ëthe alphabet twice, numbers, J.A. Johnstone, April 29, 1856, aged eight yearsí, folded and made into a pocket book covered in pink s](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2537/331300/178690253_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718120229)
News about Samplers
![Samplers in Aug. 14 Benefit Shop auction will keep bidders in stitches](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lot-212.jpg)
Samplers in Aug. 14 Benefit Shop auction will keep bidders in stitches
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. — A hallmark of the monthly Red Carpet auctions at The Benefit Shop Foundation Inc., is the diversity of goods on offer, ranging from Midcentury Modern to antiquities. Buyers, especially Americana aficionados, will be pleased to discover a trove of schoolgirl samplers at the next scheduled auction, on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Bid […]
![Sisters’ early 19th C. samplers achieve $10K at Bruneau auction](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sister-samplers-FEAT.jpg)
Sisters’ early 19th C. samplers achieve $10K at Bruneau auction
CRANSTON, R.I. – A matching pair of samplers, done by young sisters in Ohio in 1806 and 1808, sold as one lot for $10,000 at an Antique, Fine Art & Jewelry Auction held March 2 by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
![Miscellaneana: Samplers originated as educational embroideries](https://c1.liveauctioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sampler-3-crop.jpg)
Miscellaneana: Samplers originated as educational embroideries
LONDON – The boy couldn’t care less – his attitude is ‘why buy antiques when you can buy new for less money?’
![Southern samplers surge at Brunk Auctions](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/2009_0717_brunk0148_lead.jpg)
Southern samplers surge at Brunk Auctions
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – In a sale heavy with ornate Oriental carpets and elegant English and Tiffany silver, two humble Southern samplers topped all competitors at Brunk Auctions’ sale on July 11. The textile leader was a 17-line sampler by Buncombe County, N.C., resident Orry A. Alexander. Orry was 11 years old when she completed the […]