Embroidery Sampler
19th Century American Framed Alphabet Embroidery Sampler
Located in New York, NY
American Country small embroidered sampler with green and red alphabet in stained wood frame
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Antique 19th Century American Country Tapestries
Materials
Wood
Girlhood Embroidery, American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850
By Betty Ring
Located in valatie, NY
Girlhood embroidery, American samplers and pictorial needlework 1650-1850 by Betty Ring. New York
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20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Hand Embroidered Turkmen Suzani Sampler In Shadow Box
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful antique Suzani textile embroidery made by nomadic Turkmen tribe as a sampler for probably
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Antique Early 1900s Caucasian Shadow Boxes
Materials
Cotton, Glass, Wood
Antique Sampler Stool, English, Walnut, Boxwood, Embroidered, Decor, William IV
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique sampler stool. An English, walnut and boxwood embroidered decorative rest
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Antique Early 19th Century British William IV Stools
Materials
Textile, Boxwood, Walnut
H 4.73 in W 10.83 in D 10.83 in
Antique Renaissance Styled Hand-Embroidered Sampler Panel or Tapestry Fragment
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
executed hand-embroidery is done in silk and silver thread and depicts an allegorical vignette. The thread
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Tapestries
Materials
Silk
H 10.75 in W 11.5 in D 1.75 in
Antique 1830 English Sampler by S. Norman, What is Life
Located in Bridgeport, CT
By S. Norman. With a now brown toned background and overall embroidery with birds, trees, flower
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Antique 19th Century English Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
1829 Needlepoint Pictorial Sampler of Flowers and Quote by 12-year old Girl.
Located in Soquel, CA
sampler. A girl who was lucky enough to continue her education usually made a second embroidery at a
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Antique 1820s American Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Linen, Thread
19th Century Embroidered Silk Panel Map Of The World
Located in Forney, TX
highly attractive appearance, with finely worked details, blackwork, sampler, decorative elements in
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Antique 19th Century European Victorian Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Thread
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Antique Sampler, 1834 by Ann Kelk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
1834 'Knowledge' Sampler by Ann Kelk. The sampler is worked in silk on a linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Simple embroidered border. Colors black, cream, green and peach. Alph...
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Antique 1830s English Folk Art Tapestries
Antique Sampler, 1799, by Anne Strong
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Georgian Sampler, 1799, by Anne Strong. The sampler is worked in fine wool and silk on a linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Unusual curly border. Colours red, yellow, light br...
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Antique 1790s English George III Tapestries
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Linen
18th Century Needlework Picture
Located in London, GB
A charming petit-point needlework picture of floral design, in its original convex moulding frame.
English, late 18th century.
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Victorian Framed Needlework of Butterflies
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Victorian needlepoint image of butterflies in a burl wood frame under glass. The oval wool stitchery on a green background in a newer shadow frame in a burl wood grain.
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Antique 1880s American Victorian Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Antique Sampler, 1840, by Emma Lind
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian Sampler, 1840, by Emma Lind. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground, in cross stitch. Meandering strawberry border. Colours red, green, light brown, gold, ...
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Antique 1840s Tapestries
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Linen
Frank Lloyd Wright for Schumacher, Imperial Peacock, Tokyo, Textile Tapestry
By Schumacher, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright for Schumacher Tokyo Imperial Hotel Geometric Textile Frank Lloyd Wright for Schumacher Imperial Peacock Textile. 54" x 80".
Wright originally designed this patte...
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Mid-20th Century American Prairie School Pillows and Throws
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Regency Sampler, 1820, by Mary Bishop
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Regency Sampler, 1820, by Mary Bishop. The sampler is worked in silk on a linen ground, mainly in cross stitch. Meandering strawberry border. Colours pink, black, green, gold, blue, ...
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Antique 1820s English Regency Tapestries
Materials
Linen
Antique Sampler, 1849, by Jane Joslin
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian Sampler, 1849, by Jane Joslin. The sampler is worked in silk on a linen ground, mainly in cross stitch. Meandering strawberry border. Colours gold, pale blue, light brown, ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Antique Victorian Coromandel Gentleman's Travelling Vanity Case 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique Victorian Coromandel gentleman's travelling vanity case with fitted interior, circa 1865 in date.
This rectagular shaped traveling case is made of rare co...
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Antique 1860s English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
H 3.55 in W 10.24 in D 7.49 in
Regency Period Sampler, 1824, by Eliza Brewster
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Regency Sampler, 1824, by Eliza Brewster. The sampler is worked in silk on a linen ground, mainly in cross stitch. Meandering floral border. Colours green, red, brown, gold, silver, ...
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Antique 1820s English Regency Tapestries
Materials
Linen
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Box by Betjemann with Rare Secret Compartment
By George Betjemann & Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
Retailed by Charles Henry, Manchester
From our Writing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this English Burr Walnut Writing Box by Betjemann. The Writing box of slim rectangul...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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H 5.9 in W 14.57 in D 11 in
Antique Korean Mirror and Cosmetic Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
A mirror and cosmetic box known as Gyeongdae from Korea circa early 20th century of late Joseon to Korean Empire to colonial period. This type of small and elegant cabinet belongs pe...
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20th Century Korean Other Furniture
Materials
Brass
American Needlework Sampler by Eliza Jordan, Aged 12, Late 18th Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American needlework sampler by Eliza Jordan, aged 12, late 18th century, a very fine and fanciful pictorial needlework sampler on linen panel featuring a great variety of ani...
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Antique Late 18th Century American Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Linen
Antique Miniature Sampler, circa 1800, by Sophia Honey
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Georgian Miniature Sampler, circa 1800, by Sophia Honey. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Silk border with bows. Colours green, go...
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Antique Early 1800s English George III Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Antique Sampler, 1821, by Susanna Farrow
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Antique Sampler, 1821, by Susanna Farrow. The sampler is worked in silk on a linen ground, mainly in cross stitch. Meandering strawberry border. Colours green, copper, gold, silver, ...
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Antique 1820s English Decorative Art
Materials
Linen
Single Antique Silk Embroidery Suzani Pillow
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Single pillow made of antique hand silk embroidery Suzani textile, beautiful vine and flowers motifs. Fresh quality insert, silk backing. Some missing embroidery due to age and oxidi...
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Antique Early 1900s Uzbek Pillows and Throws
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Silk
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Quilt Sampler
Located in Summerland, CA
State. Hand stitched embroidery throughout.
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20th Century American Quilts
Materials
Cotton, Velvet
American Folk Art Child's Sampler, Late 19th Century
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American Folk Art child's sampler, late 19th century, the rectangular linen body stitched in pastel
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Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Linen
Excellent Early 19th Century Delaware Valley Silk Embroidery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
spectacular leaves.
This silk embroidery descended in a prominent Delaware family and was quite clearly
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Excellent Schoolgirl Silk Embroidery, "a Favorite Lamb, " Pennsylvania, 1823
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore, entered the Lititz School in 1822 and worked this splendid silk embroidery there, indicating that
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Antique 1820s American Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
H 19 in W 18.5 in D 1.5 in
Embroidered Wall Hanging
Located in Portland, ME
interior with furniture and vases with flowers. The embroidery is done with silk and metallic threads. The
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Textiles
Materials
Metallic Thread
Embroidered Picture, Tver Region, Russia, late 19th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Christianity. Although not as symbolic, the floral elements indeed play a commanding role in most embroidery
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Antique 19th Century Russian Quilts and Blankets
Les Pensionnaires Pieuse, France, circa 1820
Located in Philadelphia, PA
clasped in devotion.
This extraordinary and praiseworthy frame is original to the embroidery, with
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Antique 19th Century French Decorative Art
Antique 19th Century Cross Stitch Embroidery Sampler Table Grapes Dove
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique mid 19th century folk art embroidery sampler showing a small pedestal table set with
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Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Wool
19th Century Irish Needlework Embroidery Sampler
Located in New York, NY
This charming needlepoint cross-stich sampler is embroidered with the alphabet and numbers, and
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Antique 1830s Irish Early Victorian Decorative Art
1853 Antique Folk Art Embroidery Cross Stitch Sampler Mourning Love Death
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 1850s cross stitch sampler by Dorothy Manners, memorializing what appears to be the death
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Antique 1850s Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Cotton
H 9.75 in W 11.25 in D 1.25 in
19th Century Needlework Sampler of the Garden of Eden
Located in Nantucket, MA
Lovely 19th century needlework sampler with central scene of Adam and Eve, the apple tree, and
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Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Thread, Wood
Temperance Sampler Quilt with Figures and Animals and Figures
Located in Darnestown, MD
There are many exceptional aspects to this delicate sampler quilt. The format is unusual. Upon
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Antique 19th Century American Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Antique Silkwork Coastal Scene Embroidery
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Antique silkwork coastal scene embroidery. The embroidery is worked in silks on a silk ground, in a
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Antique Early 1800s English Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Antique Silkwork Embroidery of a Bird of Paradise
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Antique Silkwork embroidery of a bird of paradise. The embroidery is worked in silks on silk ground
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Antique 1820s French Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Antique Greek Island Table Rug
Located in San Francisco, CA
This antique Greek island embroidery uses a variety of techniques reminiscent of embroidered
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Antique 19th Century Greek Western European Rugs
Victorian Wool Work Embroidered Picture of a Tiger
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian wool work embroidered picture of a tiger. The embroidery is worked in wool on canvas
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Antique Late 19th Century English Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Wool
18th Century Gold-Threaded Needlework Picture
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
18th century gold-threaded needlework picture. The embroidery is worked using a variety of stitches
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Antique 1720s English Other Tapestries
Materials
Metallic Thread
18th Century Silk Embroidered Nautical Scene, HOPE
Located in Nantucket, MA
finishing school Samplers. Georgian embroideries most often depicted stylized mourning or genre scenes
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Antique 1780s English George III Tapestries
Materials
Silk
18th Century Silk Embroidered Nautical Scene
Located in Nantucket, MA
Samplers. Georgian embroideries most often depicted stylized mourning or genre scenes; nautical pictures
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Antique 1780s English George III Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Girlhood Embroidery, American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850
By Betty Ring
Located in valatie, NY
Girlhood embroidery, American samplers and pictorial needlework 1650-1850 by Betty Ring. New York
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20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Country Mansion House Embroidery
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Country Mansion house embroidery, circa 1830. The sampler is worked in silk on canvas ground, in a
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Antique Early 19th Century English Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Antique Animal Print Style Crewelwork
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Embroideries and Embroidered Textiles – Antique embroideries and Suzani embroideries are
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Antique Early 1900s Other Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Collection of Embroidery Samplers
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Collection of six silver framed embroidery samplers.
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Early 20th Century American Decorative Art
Darning Embroidery Sampler
Located in North Egremont, MA
Elaborate fancy sample on a handwoven cotton background, edged in cotton. Work done in mercerized cotton.
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Antique Late 19th Century American More Folk Art
Important Maryland Sampler, 1835
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The outstanding book, A Maryland Schoolgirl Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738 – 1860, by Gloria
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Important Philadelphia Sampler dated 1792
Located in Philadelphia, PA
EMBROIDERY: AMERICAN SAMPLERS & PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK 1650 – 1850 (Knopf 1993), in a section entitled
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Outstanding 1820 New Jersey Sampler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Embroidery, Philadelphia in the Federal Period, Samplers with Mansions and Terraced Gardens (volume II, pages
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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
English Needlework Sampler dated 1768
Located in Philadelphia, PA
We very rarely encounter a sampler, English or American, which is unlike any other known example
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Decorative Art
Fine Ohio Schoolgirl Sampler dated 1830
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ohio samplers are far rarer than those from states along the eastern seaboard.Documented
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Important 18th Century Salem, Massachusetts Sampler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Historical Society (published in Girlhood Embroidery American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850 by
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Antique Late 18th Century American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Outstanding New Hampshire Sampler, Dated 1817
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An outstanding sampler with enormous visual appeal, this is one of several known pieces that form a
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Antique 1810s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Pennsylvania or New Jersey Sampler dated 1830
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This splendid large pictorial sampler features a double-chimney brick house flanked by curly-tailed
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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
1809 Westtown School Sampler by Eliza Matthews
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ring's Girlhood Embroidery, Volume II, pages 388-395 provides much information about the samplers of the
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Schoolgirl Sampler, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Late 18th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
thought that they made their samplers at a boarding school.
In vol. I of Girlhood Embroidery Betty Ring
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Antique Late 18th Century American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Outstanding and Important Newburyport, Mass. Sampler, dated 1801
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, Massachusetts, produced several groups of extraordinarily handsome samplers and silk embroideries during the
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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
Excellent New Jersey Quaker Schoolgirl Sampler, Dated 1811
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charlotte Beck worked this excellent sampler while attending the Pine Grove School, a Quaker school
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Antique 1810s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Rare Pennsylvania Quaker Silk Embroidery Dated 1798
Located in Philadelphia, PA
in the file that accompanies the sampler. Mary and Alexander had two children, Sarah and Jane, who
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Decorative Art
Print-work Silk Embroidery, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1818
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Amongst the excellent silk embroideries worked at the Balch School in Providence, Rhode Island is a
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Lewis Family Coat of Arm Silk Embroidery, Connecticut circa 1805
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This outstanding coat of arms silk embroidery was worked at the renowned Misses Patten School in
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Embroidery, England, circa 1740, Provenance: Met Museum Costume Collection
Located in Philadelphia, PA
conservation mounted into a 19th century gold leaf frame.
Antique samplers and needlework are our specialty.
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Antique 1740s British George II Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
American Silk Embroidery of a Shepherdess and Windmill, c.1800
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the countryside as subject matter for samplers, needlework pictures and paintings. This small format
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Materials
Watercolor
American Silk Embroidery of a Basket of Flowers, circa 1835
Located in Philadelphia, PA
published in the period.
Samplers and needlework are our specialty. If you are interested in
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Rare Early 18th Century Embroidered Lady's Pocket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
rich embroidery. The ground is fairly covered with a wonderful period device, faux-quilted vermicelli
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Antique Early 18th Century English Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Excellent Early Boston Canvaswork Picture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and published in GIRLHOOD EMBROIDERY by Betty Ring.
Samplers and
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Decorative Art
Silkwork Picture, Italian Landscape, Early 19th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
now accompanies the embroidery.
Worked in chenille, silk and watercolor on silk, it is in excellent
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Antique Early 1800s Italian Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Handsome New Hampshire Sampler Dated 1805
Located in Philadelphia, PA
about these samplers in Girlhood Embroidery, vol. I, indicates that “At the turn of the new century, a
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Antique Early 1800s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal embroidery sampler for your home. A embroidery sampler — often made from fabric, wood and cotton — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer embroidery sampler, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each embroidery sampler bearing folk art hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made embroidery sampler over the years, but those crafted by Betty Ring are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Embroidery Sampler?
Prices for a embroidery sampler start at $180 and top out at $2,995 with the average selling for $1,500.
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