Schoolgirl Samplers
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Pennsylvania Sampler, Dated 1844
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Schoolgirls from Pennsylvania continued to produce strong, pictorial samplers into the 1840s
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Antique 1840s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Early 19th Century Schoolgirl Needlework, likely from Newburyport, Massachusetts
By Elizabeth Page
Located in Andover, MA
This North Shore needlework sampler done by twelve year old Elizabeth Page, born circa 1791 in
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Antique Early 1800s American American Colonial Decorative Art
Materials
Linen, Silk
H 16.5 in W 16.5 in D 1 in
Excellent Schoolgirl Silk Embroidery, "a Favorite Lamb, " Pennsylvania, 1823
Located in Philadelphia, PA
original gold leaf frame with a replaced eglomisé mat.
Samplers and needlework are our specialty. If you
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Antique 1820s American Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
H 19 in W 18.5 in D 1.5 in
Excellent Early 19th Century Delaware Valley Silk Embroidery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
American schoolgirls in the Federal period worked stunning silk embroidered pictures that would
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
19thc Schoolgirl Sampler from New England of ABC's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful miniature schoolgirl 19thc sampler from New England in the original frame and done on
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Antique 19th Century American Primitives
Materials
Wood
Cathrine Carr McFarlans 1836 Antique Sampler Scotland Family Tree Home Birds
Located in Mobile, AL
about 1822 and living with her mother Agness in 1861. This schoolgirl sampler features multiple stiches
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Antique 1830s Scottish Neoclassical Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Textile
H 21.25 in W 1.32 in D 23.19 in
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
Excellent Massachusetts Schoolgirl Sampler, Dated 1787
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A faultlessly rendered sampler with a wonderful composition, this includes many beautifully
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Antique 1780s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Early 19th Century Schoolgirl Sampler, probably American
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This charming little sampler displays a most appropriate aphorism: “Even a child is known by his
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Niagara, New York Schoolgirl Sampler, circa 1840
Located in Philadelphia, PA
We are pleased to offer this praiseworthy sampler which was in the collection of Betty Ring, the
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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk, Pen
Schoolgirl Sampler, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Late 18th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An important group of 18th century Massachusetts samplers has been of interest to curators
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Antique Late 18th Century American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Rare 1876 San Jose, California Schoolgirl Sampler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
school of the Sisters of Notre Dame.
In 1876, 11-year-old Louise Dumet made a sampler which is
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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
Schoolgirl Sampler signed Fanney Wood, dated 1829, England
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Nicely stitched sampler made at the Countess of Powiss National School located in the village of
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Antique 1820s English Folk Art Painted Furniture
Folky and Pictorial American Schoolgirl Sampler, 1814, Massachusetts
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Occasionally a sampler offers a truly winning combination: a highly appealing pictorial scene along
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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
1827 Brooklyn Needlework Sampler, maker: Rachel Electa Foster
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Excellent schoolgirl sampler signed "Rachel Electa Foster Her Work Aged 12 Year December 4 1827
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
New Jersey Sampler dated 1854
Located in Philadelphia, PA
would have been very much in vogue at that time, as classic schoolgirl samplers with alphabets and poems
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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
English Quaker School Alphabet Sampler dated 1809
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quaker school samplers are amongst the most sought after of all schoolgirl samplers and this would
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Antique 19th Century English Quilts and Blankets
1841 Pennsylvania Needlework Sampler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
verses Barbara stitched onto her sampler were used by many 19th century schoolgirls. "This work in hand
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative 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
1827 Sampler: Duxbury Hall, England
Located in Philadelphia, PA
local schoolgirls were assigned the project of working samplers that featured Duxbury Hall in its
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Antique 19th Century English Quilts and Blankets
Pictorial Philadelphia Sampler, circa 1830
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This excellent sampler is representative of an important group of samplers made by schoolgirls in
Category
Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
Important 18th Century Salem, Massachusetts Sampler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
schoolgirl needlework. One small group, comprised of only four samplers, was made by girls from Salem and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century 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
1839 Folk Art Sampler Featuring an Eagle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very occasionally, schoolgirls worked samplers featuring American eagles and these are considered
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Antique 19th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Fine English Sampler dated 1797, Maple Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jane Downing stitched this large and exceptional polychrome sampler in 1797 at the age of 14. It
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Decorative Art
"John and Ellin" ship sampler from Wales, circa 1825
Located in Philadelphia, PA
classic sampler framework and would suggest that this was done by a schoolgirl rather than a married lady
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Antique 19th Century Welsh Quilts and Blankets
19th Century Needleworked Miniature Shirt, Framed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fine miniature shirt was likely from a practice book used by schoolgirls in the British Isles
Category
Antique 19th Century Shadow Boxes
Materials
Cotton
American Silk Embroidery of a Basket of Flowers, circa 1835
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Silk embroidered pictures were made by adolescent schoolgirls whose education within the needle
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Handsome New Hampshire Sampler Dated 1805
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An article in the August 1997 issue of The Magazine Antiques entitled Schoolgirl Samplers of Dover
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Antique Early 1800s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
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