![PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA PRESENTATION-TYPE PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA PRESENTATION-TYPE PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk and wool on linen, a part of the "Philadelphia Presentation" samplers, center with a six-line verse vignette,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529479_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
Silk Samplers
![PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA PRESENTATION-TYPE PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA PRESENTATION-TYPE PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk and wool on linen, a part of the "Philadelphia Presentation" samplers, center with a six-line verse vignette,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529479_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![Mary James's Embroidered Sampler, New Castle, Delaware: Mary James's Embroidered Sampler, New Castle, Delawareworked in multicolor silk thread on linen ground, New Castle, Delaware, with multicolored embroidered floral sprays and cross-stitched birds surro](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/250/331866/179029507_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717182215)
![MIDDLESEX / NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: MIDDLESEX / NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, six alphabet, one numeral, and one pictorial rows segmented by horizontal bands of decorative stitching, middle row](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529482_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![VA or TN 1824 House & Roses Sampler, Elizabeth Booker: Virginia or West Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, stitched by Elizabeth M.A.R. Booker in 1824. Exceptionally wide floral border with prominent roses among other flowers, enclosing a red br](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/525/332535/179370379_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717684324)
![Hamburg, Pennsylvania Girlhood Needlework House Sampler, Dated 1827: A Pennsylvania Girlhood Silk on Linen Pictorial Needlework House Sampler, Dated 1827. Wrought by Mary Martha Scott, Hamburg, Berks County. The upper half decorated with floral and tendril motifs, with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6623/332861/179645605_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717933419)
![MECKLENBURG CO. / UNION CO., NORTH CAROLINA PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: MECKLENBURG CO. / UNION CO., NORTH CAROLINA PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, ten alphabet rows segmented by horizontal bands of decorative stitching with "MUH" initials at the en](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529478_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![COASTAL MAINE ATTRIBUTED NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: COASTAL MAINE ATTRIBUTED NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, seven alphabet rows segmented by horizontal bands of decorative stitching, lower half featuring a six-line religious verse above signature t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529483_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![Rare Eastern NC Sampler c. 1820 by Pussey Grady: Exceedingly rare Eastern North Carolina Needlework sampler by Pussey Grady of Duplin County, circa 1820. The silk on linen sampler features 6 alphabets rendered in a variety of stitches](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/525/332535/179370380_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717684324)
![BRITISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: BRITISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk and chenille embroidery on linen gauze, top half featuring a six-line verse from the poem The Seasons: Winter by James Thomson (Scottish, 1700-1748), lo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529485_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![Kentucky Sampler, Elmira Adams c. 1840: Kentucky Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler by Elmira Adams of Lincoln, KY, circa 1840. Rendered in eyelet, satin and cross stitch with silk thread on linen ground. Leaf and blossom and sawtooth bord](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/525/332535/179370381_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717684324)
![AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, eight alphabet, numeral, decorative stitching, and motif rows segmented by bands of linear stitching, center featuring a five-and-one-fourth line verse that](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529488_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![AMERICAN PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: AMERICAN PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, six-and-one-fourth alphabet and numeral rows segmented by horizontal bands of linear stitching, end of second row dated "1829", lower ha](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529493_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![AMERICAN / BRITISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: AMERICAN / BRITISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, five alphabet and numeral rows segmented by horizontal bands of linear stitching, middle third with verse that reads "May I govern my pa[ss]i](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529491_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![BRITISH RELIGIOUS PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: BRITISH RELIGIOUS PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk and paint on wool, featuring an excerpt from the Book of Malachi, verses 3:16-17, below signed "Elizabeth Crawther Work'd this / Sampler i](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529487_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![19th Century Walker Family Sampler, Silk on Linen: Family register sampler of the Walker family of Rogersville, Tennessee, circa 1845, silk on linen, worked by Ella L. Walker, daughter of Frances Grantham Rogers Walker (1795-1883) and her se](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/525/332535/179370377_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717684324)
![Middle Tennessee 1844 Sampler, Mary Grimmet: Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler by Mary Grimmett of Lewis County, TN, signed and dated 1844. Silk on linen, rendered entirely in cross stitch. Strawberry border surrounding two Biblical verses from Psal](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/525/332535/179370378_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717684324)
![NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTRIBUTED NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTRIBUTED NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen with areas of later paint, eight alphabet and numeral row segmented by bands of decorative stitching, signed below, "Sabra Morrills Samp](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529486_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![BRITISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: BRITISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on worsted ground, featuring an eight-line religious verse, below signed "Honour Thorne" and dated "September 8th / 1775", two pictorial motifs of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529492_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![BRITISH, POSSIBLY MORAVIAN, PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER: BRITISH, POSSIBLY MORAVIAN, PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, wool and silk on linen, center with a five-row verse from a hymn by John Cennick (English, 1717-1745), who converted and became a ministe](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529489_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
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![Silk panel from Elizabeth II’s coronation graces Dreweatts May 30-31 sale](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Hi-res-Silk-hanging-1.jpg)
Silk panel from Elizabeth II’s coronation graces Dreweatts May 30-31 sale
LONDON – A decorative portion of a historic silk panel, commissioned to hang in Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, will be auctioned at Dreweatts during its Fine Furniture sale, scheduled for Monday, May 30 and Tuesday, May 31. The specially-woven panel was hung as a glorious backdrop, with a range of others, […]
![Hat, shawl & gloves knitted from sea silk grace Hindman’s Dec. 1 fashion auction](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sea-Silk-Hat-Shawl-Gloves-1.jpg)
Hat, shawl & gloves knitted from sea silk grace Hindman’s Dec. 1 fashion auction
CHICAGO – On December 1, Hindman Auctions will offer sea silk, a highly coveted material, in a one-of-a-kind selection. The sale will offer a hat, shawl and pair of gloves made from knitted sea silk, a substance that is also known as byssus. The items are family heirlooms, which the owners date to around 1920, […]
![Historic Chinese silk scroll up for auction in France](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2013_0425_YoungKangxi_lead.jpg)
Historic Chinese silk scroll up for auction in France
BORDEAUX, France (AFP) — A section of a silk handscroll depicting a historically important trip by China’s longest-serving emperor is to go up for auction in France on Saturday. Two other Chinese pieces from private French collections will also go under the hammer on that day as part of a sale hosted by auctioneers Alain […]