Four silk and linen pictorial needlework samplers

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA ATTRIBUTED PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, top with four-row verse from a religious hymn, surrounded by various motifs including flowers, butterflies, and baskets,

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

A Girlhood Silk on Linen Needlework Pictorial Sampler, Wrought by Sarah Mitchell, Early 19th Century. Having four lines of text  amongst insects, flora and fauna, all within a vine and berry bord

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

Philadelphia School. Silk on Linen. Needlework Pictorial Sampler worked by "Jane Campbell Her work done in the 13 year of age 1802". Having a repeating, trailing floral border, a poem upper right read

A Girlhood Silk on Linen Needlework Pictorial House Sampler, wrought by Francis Bristow. Having two rows of an upper case and lower case alphabet and numbers above five short verses and a central

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,

HONEY BROOK, CHESTER CO., PENNSYLVANIA PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, top center signed "Sarah Stanley Brown / Born July 16 18" bordered by a floral garland and flanked by bird motifs ov

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

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

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

MARY VALLANCE (BRITISH / AMERICAN) PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, an elaborate composition retaining vibrant coloration, design featuring large spread-wing bird and flowering urns in upp

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

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

RACHAL MORGAN (AMERICAN) NEEDLEWORK PICTORIAL SAMPLER, silk on linen, featuring a block of verse in each upper corner flanking a two-story house, vines, and trees, the central panel with a sidewalk fl

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

AMERICAN PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER FRAGMENT, silk on linen, featuring two framed reserves, each with a two-story house having a red roof flanked by one or two trees, the proper right reserve u

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'

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

MID-ATLANTIC, POSSIBLY PENNSYLVANIA, PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk and wool on linen, featuring large brick building, possibly a schoolhouse, in a landscape, oversized flower baskets, flowering v

Pennsylvania needlework pictorial sampler made by Sarah Roberts (b. circa 1795), silk on linen. Geometric and foliate borders enclosing two birds facing one another, surrounded by flowering urns and o

An American Girlhood Silk on Linen Needlework Alphabet and Pictorial Sampler, Probably New Jersey, Wrought by Charlotte Wright, Dated 1823. With five rows of script, lowercase and uppercase alpha

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