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Embroidery Sampler

American Country Framed Alphabet Embroidery Sampler
American Country Framed Alphabet Embroidery Sampler

American Country Framed Alphabet Embroidery Sampler

Located in Queens, NY

American Country small embroidered sampler with green and red alphabet in stained wood frame

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Early 20th Century American Rustic Tapestries

19th Century American Framed Alphabet Embroidery Sampler
19th Century American Framed Alphabet Embroidery Sampler

19th Century American Framed Alphabet Embroidery Sampler

Located in Queens, 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

Antique Embroidery Technique Sampler, English, Needlepoint Display, Circa 1915
Antique Embroidery Technique Sampler, English, Needlepoint Display, Circa 1915

Antique Embroidery Technique Sampler, English, Needlepoint Display, Circa 1915

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique embroidery technique sampler. An English, framed needlepoint display, dating to

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Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Tapestries

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Textile

Antique Needlework Sampler, English, Framed, Embroidery Panel, Victorian, C.1854
Antique Needlework Sampler, English, Framed, Embroidery Panel, Victorian, C.1854

Antique Needlework Sampler, English, Framed, Embroidery Panel, Victorian, C.1854

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique needlework sampler. An English, framed embroidered panel, dating to the

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Antique 1850s British Early Victorian Tapestries

Materials

Cotton, Glass

ViNTAGE CHINESE PEKING FORBIDDEN STITCH EMBROIDERY SILK THREAD MEIJI ERA SAMPLER
ViNTAGE CHINESE PEKING FORBIDDEN STITCH EMBROIDERY SILK THREAD MEIJI ERA SAMPLER

ViNTAGE CHINESE PEKING FORBIDDEN STITCH EMBROIDERY SILK THREAD MEIJI ERA SAMPLER

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

Vintage Chinese Peking Forbidden Stitch Embroidery Silk Threaded Samplers I have three others of these

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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Textiles

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Silk

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Antique 19th Century Cross Stitch Embroidery Sampler Table Grapes Dove
Antique 19th Century Cross Stitch Embroidery Sampler Table Grapes Dove

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

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Wool

19th Century Irish Needlework Embroidery Sampler

19th Century Irish Needlework Embroidery Sampler

Located in Long Island City, 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
1853 Antique Folk Art Embroidery Cross Stitch Sampler Mourning Love Death

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

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Cotton

18th Century Silk Embroidered Nautical Scene, HOPE
18th Century Silk Embroidered Nautical Scene, HOPE

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

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Silk

18th Century Silk Embroidered Nautical Scene
18th Century Silk Embroidered Nautical Scene

18th Century Silk Embroidered Nautical Scene

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H 16 in W 12.75 in D 0.75 in

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
Girlhood Embroidery, American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850

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

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Paper

Girlhood Embroidery, American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850
Girlhood Embroidery, American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850

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

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Paper

Antique School Sampler, English, Needlepoint Embroidery Display, Victorian, 1884
Antique School Sampler, English, Needlepoint Embroidery Display, Victorian, 1884

Antique School Sampler, English, Needlepoint Embroidery Display, Victorian, 1884

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique school sampler. An English, needlepoint pupil's embroidery display, dating to

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Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Tapestries

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Cotton

Antique Country Mansion House Embroidery
Antique Country Mansion House Embroidery

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

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Silk

Framed Vintage Embroidery Sampler
Framed Vintage Embroidery Sampler

Framed Vintage Embroidery Sampler

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H 24.5 in W 18.5 in D 1 in

Framed Vintage Embroidery Sampler

Located in Oakland Park, FL

Framed Vintage Embroidery Sampler Framed Vintage Embroidery Sampler depicting a school with flowers

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Vintage 1940s English Country Tapestries

Materials

Wool, Silk, Linen

Collection of Embroidery Samplers
Collection of Embroidery Samplers

Collection of Embroidery Samplers

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H 16.125 in W 12.125 in D 0.5 in

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
Darning Embroidery Sampler

Darning Embroidery Sampler

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H 8.5 in W 7.25 in D 0.1 in

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

English Embroidery "Sampler" Bolster Pillow
English Embroidery "Sampler" Bolster Pillow

English Embroidery "Sampler" Bolster Pillow

By Atelier Lam

Located in Oakland Park, FL

Linen embroidery bolster pillow, depicting sampler technique. Silk on linen embroidery antique

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Antique 19th Century English Edwardian Pillows and Throws

Materials

Down, Feathers, Linen, Silk

Important Philadelphia Sampler dated 1792
Important Philadelphia Sampler dated 1792

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

Important 18th Century Salem, Massachusetts Sampler
Important 18th Century Salem, Massachusetts Sampler

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

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Silk

Outstanding and Important Newburyport, Mass. Sampler, dated 1801
Outstanding and Important Newburyport, Mass. Sampler, dated 1801

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 Early Boston Canvaswork Picture
Excellent Early Boston Canvaswork Picture

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

Vintage Framed Alphabet Hand Embroidery Sampler
Vintage Framed Alphabet Hand Embroidery Sampler

Vintage Framed Alphabet Hand Embroidery Sampler

Located in Oakland Park, FL

Vintage alphabet hand embroidery sampler Vintage colorful sampler, silk threads on linen with

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1990s American Arts and Crafts Tapestries

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Linen, Wood, Silk

Handsome New Hampshire Sampler Dated 1805

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

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Silk

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Pair of French Walnut Library Ladders

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Located in Queens, NY

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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Stairs

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"Deer with Tree of Life", Art Deco-Modernist Embroidery in Deep Red and Green
"Deer with Tree of Life", Art Deco-Modernist Embroidery in Deep Red and Green

"Deer with Tree of Life", Art Deco-Modernist Embroidery in Deep Red and Green

Located in Philadelphia, PA

An important example of Modernist needlework and fabric design, this richly-colored embroidery panel depicts a tree of life, full of birds circling a tree expressed in the fashionabl...

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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Tapestries

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Louis Majorelle "Les Pins" Carved Mahogany Armchair
Louis Majorelle "Les Pins" Carved Mahogany Armchair

Louis Majorelle "Les Pins" Carved Mahogany Armchair

$22,500

H 34.5 in W 28.5 in D 27 in

Louis Majorelle "Les Pins" Carved Mahogany Armchair

By Louis Majorelle

Located in New York, NY

This hand-carved wooden armchair, named "Le Pins," embodies the Art Nouveau style of Louis Majorelle, featuring intricate carvings of pine needles and pinecones. Reflecting Majorelle...

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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Armchairs

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18th Century American Pine Decorated Blanket Chest
18th Century American Pine Decorated Blanket Chest

18th Century American Pine Decorated Blanket Chest

$3,800

H 28.5 in W 25.75 in D 46.5 in

18th Century American Pine Decorated Blanket Chest

Located in Nantucket, MA

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1875 Large Antique Original Paint Romanian Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk + Drawer
1875 Large Antique Original Paint Romanian Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk + Drawer

1875 Large Antique Original Paint Romanian Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk + Drawer

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning, extra large circa 1875 hand painted Romanian clothes trunk or marriage coffer chest with rare base drawer I have recently purchas...

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Antique 1870s European High Victorian Trunks and Luggage

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Pine

Mid 18th Century Floral Painted Blanket Chest
Mid 18th Century Floral Painted Blanket Chest

Mid 18th Century Floral Painted Blanket Chest

$4,116

H 27.17 in W 57.09 in D 31.89 in

Mid 18th Century Floral Painted Blanket Chest

Located in Vo', Veneto

Tyrolean painted chest H. 81 – W. 147 – P. 69 Ancient Tyrolean chest, entirely built in fir wood. The surface has been decorated with a dark brown background color, semi-covering, ...

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Antique Mid-18th Century Austrian Folk Art Blanket Chests

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Allegory of Africa - 16th century
Allegory of Africa - 16th century

Allegory of Africa - 16th century

Sold|$54,238

H 9.65 in W 11.62 in D 1.19 in

Allegory of Africa - 16th century

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Flemish school of the 16th century Allegory of Africa
After The Allegories of the Continents by Maerten de Vos (engraving by Adriaen Collaert)
 Oil on copper
 Inscription: "Giulio Ro...

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Antique 16th Century Belgian Renaissance Paintings

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Copper

Old Fountain
Old Fountain

Old Fountain

$19,200

H 60 in W 66 in D 38 in

Old Fountain

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

This old French Limestone fountain was hand carved and installed in a French countryside home. The piece has been well preserved throughout the years and was recently reclaimed by ou...

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French Ebonized Daybed with Graceful Lines, circa 1930s
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By André Arbus

Located in Stamford, CT

A French ebonized daybed newly upholstered in Belgian linen. Designed in the style of Andre Arbus.

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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Daybeds

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19thc Original Salmon & Decorated Pennsylvania Blanket  Chest
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19thc Original Salmon & Decorated Pennsylvania Blanket Chest

Located in Los Angeles, CA

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W. Hartmann Antique Oak & Copper Ships Binnacle Nautical Maritime Compass
W. Hartmann Antique Oak & Copper Ships Binnacle Nautical Maritime Compass

W. Hartmann Antique Oak & Copper Ships Binnacle Nautical Maritime Compass

$2,590Sale Price|36% Off

H 56.5 in W 23 in D 34 in

W. Hartmann Antique Oak & Copper Ships Binnacle Nautical Maritime Compass

By A. Lietz Co.

Located in Dayton, OH

Late 19th Century Ships Binnacle by W. Hartmann. Binnacles are an important navigation tool. They are often in the helm of the ship and allow sailor to maintain the correct course. T...

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Antique Late 19th Century Late Victorian Nautical Objects

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Brass, Copper

Rene Lalique Glass Grenouilles (Frogs) Brooch
Rene Lalique Glass Grenouilles (Frogs) Brooch

Rene Lalique Glass Grenouilles (Frogs) Brooch

Located in Chelmsford, Essex

Rene Lalique glass Grenouilles brooch. Clear glass with green staining, with foil backing. This pattern features a trio of frogs. Set in gold coloured mount with pin. Stamped with Ma...

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"Five Leaping Frogs" Hand-Needlepoint Framed Panel

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Located in Bristol, CT

Hand-needlepoint c1960s canvas depicting five leaping frogs Art Sz: 14 1/2"H x 14 1/2"W Frame Sz: 20 1/2"H x 20 1/2"W

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1960s More Art

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19th Century Blue and White Pennsylvania Coverlet with Eagle and Stars
19th Century Blue and White Pennsylvania Coverlet with Eagle and Stars

19th Century Blue and White Pennsylvania Coverlet with Eagle and Stars

Located in Barrington, IL

A striking example of American textile artistry, this mid-19th century blue and white Jacquard coverlet is dated 1847 and showcases rich patriotic and natural symbolism. The central ...

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Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes
Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes

Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes

Located in Dallas, TX

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Pair of Framed Fine Chinese Antique Embroidery Panels with Forbidden Knots
Pair of Framed Fine Chinese Antique Embroidery Panels with Forbidden Knots

Pair of Framed Fine Chinese Antique Embroidery Panels with Forbidden Knots

Located in Atlanta, GA

A pair of framed antique Chinese embroidery textile panels circa 19th century of Qing Dynasty. Each piece features two mirror-matching panels (likely designated to be the sleeves), f...

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Brocade, Silk, Giltwood

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Embroidery Sampler For Sale on 1stDibs

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.