1816 RHODE ISLAND SAMPLER - Silk on Linen Alphabet

Silk on linen. Greek Key border, alphabets and "Helen Lay Cruttenden 1816" with flower basket and willows. Stains. 1950s penciled note on the back notes she was the daughter of Joel and Polly Woodward

BRISTOL, ENGLAND ASHLEY DOWN ORPHANAGE PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, seven alphabet and numeral rows above various fine pictorial motifs including the Bible, anchors, a three-mast ship,

HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS MEMORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, six alphabet and numeral rows segmented by decorative stitching above two four-row verses, lower half with an oval vignette of two

NEW JERSEY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, five alphabet and numeral rows over verse, simple border, signed "Sophia Ackerman born November 25, 1818 / aged 10 years marked this at Mrs. Heyw / ood sc

AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, eight alphabet and numeral rows segmented by bands of decorative stitching, dated "1836" in third row and signed "SA Mangum." in fifth row, lower edge featu

AMERICAN / BRITISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, six alphabet and numeral rows segmented by bands of decorative stitching, lower half featuring a six-line verse titled "On Filial Duty", surrounde

ELIZA BOWER (BRITISH / AMERICAN) PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, eight alphabet and numeral rows above a lower panel with "Eliza Bower / Fulneck / 1808" flanked by flower baskets and styl

RACHEL SOPHIA WATERS (1806-1877), ANNE ARUNDEL CO., MARYLAND NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, eight alphabet and numeral rows above "The Sum of the ten COMMANDMENTS", a two-line verse, two alphabet

AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, five alphabet and numeral rows above "Executed by / Margaret Eliza Shaw / Aged 10 Years". Housed under glass in a period frame. First half 19th century. 9"

AMERICAN / BRITISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, six alphabet and numeral rows segmented by bands of decorative stitching, lower fourth signed "Elizabeth Flexon / Wrought this sampler in the 13 y

BRITISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, five alphabet and numeral rows over a lengthy passage from Isiah, signed "Ann Harding Finished this in the year 1841". Housed under conservation glass in a m

SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, six alphabet and numeral rows, below signed and dated "Fanny Redfields sampler / Wrought Springfield August / 21 1820 Aged 11 Years". Housed und

AMERICAN / BRITISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, twelve alphabet and numeral rows above "Jane Walker .[...] / Sampler in year 1830". Housed under glass in an old frame. Dated 1830. 7 3/4" x 15 5/

AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, six alphabet and numeral rows over bold signature "Ellen. June", petite flowering vine border. Housed under glass in a 19th-century mahogany-veneered frame.

ELIZABETH FLICCON NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, having three alphabet rows, short verse, dated lower inscription, and numerous examples of floral imagery, all flanked by a flower and vine border.

NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, seven plain alphabet and numeral rows within a simple border, signed "LEONTINE VIOLET / AGEE DE 5 ANS 1/2 / 1861". Housed under glass in a modern frame. Probably Mex

NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, top half with six alphabet rows segmented by decorative stitching above a four-row verse of "How blest the [M]aid whom circling

Betsey F. Chase (American, born 1811), needlework sampler using silk thread on linen, featuring the alphabet, numbers one through twenty, florals, tree trunks and birds, "Betsey F Chase Hopkinton. Wro

LYMAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, five and one-third alphabet and numeral rows, signed in the sixth row "Nancy C Stanley Lyman NH" above "When my name shall be forgot / The finge

CAROLINE HARPER (AMERICAN, POSSIBLY SOUTHERN) NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on coarse linen ground, having six alphabet rows over maker's name above a bottom panel with double-chimney house flanked by tree

Mid 19th century. Silk on linen alphabet sampler. Gilt frame, 4.75"H. 5"w. and a red and green watercolor flower on laid paper. Curly maple frame, original backboard included, 7"h. 5"w.

18th century English needlework alphabet sampler, silk on linen, signed Ann Scruton and dated, possibly 1789 or 1794. Three sections of alphabet over the signature and date, with a band of flowers and

LUCY J. WOODING (B.1834, WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT) FAMILY RECORD SAMPLER, silk on linen, a fine example, featuring five alphabet and numeral rows, along with "Lucy J. Wooding / Wallingford / Aged 10 y

Framed Silk on Linen Sampler, with alphabet and verse, wrought by Gennet Hubbell, 11 years old, September 18, 1827, with five forms of alphabet, verse below: "behold the tears that Mary shed, her many