A Massachusetts Pictorial Needlework Sampler

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

A Massachusetts Pictorial Needlework Sampler Circa 1792 identified Haverhill March 10 Polly Ayer / Born in the Year of our Lord 1782 / This Wrought in the 10 Year of age. along with alphabet li

MASSACHUSETTS ATTRIBUTED PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER FRAGMENT, silk on linen, depicting a multi-colored handled basket with flowers featuring a bird perched on one floret, resting on top of a green m

Schoolgirl Pictorial needlework sampler by Caroline Hayward, dated 1824, probably England or Massachusetts, strawberry border enclosing a verse, "Teach me to feel a brother's woe/ to bide the pain and

Fantastic 1886 pictorial needlework sampler picturing all that you can imagine in a sampler. Including railroad train, hot air balloon, man on bicycle, African American figures parading, equestrian, v

PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERDated 1827Wrought by "Emma Lee Aged 9 Years 1827". Upper half with verse "See Israel's gentle Shepherd stands ..." surrounded by potted plants, a butterfly and multi-pointe

AMERICAN / BRITISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, signed in the top center "Mary Wills / Aged 11 Years / 1835" above a six-row verse, flanked by various motifs including flowers, eight-p

MASSACHUSETTS NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERDated 1797Wrought by "Rizpah Farmer born Sept. the 26, 1797 Aged 13 Years.". Note verso indicates Farmer was born in Middlesex, Massachusetts. Depicts alphabe

LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, POSSIBLY SHAKERDated 1802"Fear Percivals Sampler Made In The 17th year of her age she was Born in Lenox July the 15th 1785 and died May 1815". Rows o

A pictorial needlework samplerMid-20th centuryInitialed in design: PA / LFA large needlework cross stitch needlepoint and embroidered sampler worked in classic designs in polychrome threads in a varie

BRITISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, top featuring two angels holding a wreath with "Glory" above a crown in the center, below with foliate motifs and birds, bottom edge signed "Hannh

CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERDated 1825Wrought by "Olive H. Tucker aged 9 years Canton Sept. 11th 1825". Rows of alphabets and numerals over a panel with maker's inscription. Serp

BRITISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, upper third with a six-line verse that reads, "When my short Glass its latest Sand shall run / And Death approach to fright the Lookers on / Softly

CLINTON CO., OHIO PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, top with four-line verse of "It is sweet at twilights pensive hours / To tread the vernal sod / Or wander to some fragrant bower / And th

Eliz Clayton 1783 Pictorial Needlework Sampler. With Adam and Eve, castle, animals and flowers. Floral vine border. In a later period oak frame, 20-1/4" x 16-1/2" overall. Condition: Good with thin sp

Marion Frink's Pictorial Needlework Sampler, 1844. Worked in silk threads on linen with a two story house flanked by an arbor, bird perched at the top of a tree and pine trees, beneath a row of flower

A Pictorial Needlework Sampler in a Grain-Painted Frame 1809 signed Mary Jane Robinson and dated. Sight 20 1/4 x 12 inches.

c. 1791, Elizabeth S. Hunt, aged 7, Newbury, Massachusetts, alphabets, basket of fruit and poem, 17.5" by 8.5", framed under glass From

Antique Pictorial Needlework Sampler, Americanworked in multi-color silk threads on loose weave linen, upper register with Biblical verse from Isaiah 45:22, "Look unto me / all Ye ends of / the earth

19th Century Pictorial Needlework Sampler. Signed "J. Bowman aged 10". Depicting a bee skep, birds, stags, trees and floral vine border. With a religious hymn. Framed 21-1/4" x 19-1/4" overall. Condit

AMERICAN OR BRITISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, the diminutive form featuring two structures, birds, and a variety of foliate / floral devices, signed "Sarah Gregory Aged 13". Housed

Mid 19th Century Mirror Image Pictorial Needlework Sampler. Signed "Anne Jones, Oct. 18, 1847". With verse in reserve. Central tree and floral motifs flanked by reclining lions, butterflies, peacocks,

AMERICAN / ENGLISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, wool and silk on linen, upper half featuring a white church with a lawn, flanked by two angels above and grapevines with perched birds along the sides,

BRITISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, wool and silk on linen, center with six-row verse of "Jesus, permit thy gracious name to stand / As the first effort of an infant hand, / And while her fingers o'