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19thc Schoolgirl Sampler from New England of ABC's
19thc Schoolgirl Sampler from New England of ABC's

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 early linen homespun.The frame seams to be original to the piece.The condition is ver...

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Antique 19th Century American Primitives

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Wood

Cathrine Carr McFarlans 1836 Antique Sampler Scotland Family Tree Home Birds
Cathrine Carr McFarlans 1836 Antique Sampler Scotland Family Tree Home Birds

Cathrine Carr McFarlans 1836 Antique Sampler Scotland Family Tree Home Birds

Located in Mobile, AL

She is listed in Scottish records as born about 1822 and living with her mother Agness in 1861. This schoolgirl sampler features multiple stiches, alphabets, numbers, birds, a pictur...

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Antique 1830s Scottish Neoclassical Revival Decorative Art

Materials

Textile

Antique Early 19th Century Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler – Dated 180X
Antique Early 19th Century Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler – Dated 180X

Antique Early 19th Century Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler – Dated 180X

Located in Delray Beach, FL

A rare and beautiful antique textile sampler wrought by a schoolgirl in the Early 19th Century (Circa 1800-1810).

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Antique Late 18th Century American Shadow Boxes

Materials

Cotton, Silk, Glass, Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Fine Ohio Schoolgirl Sampler dated 1830
Fine Ohio Schoolgirl Sampler dated 1830

Fine Ohio Schoolgirl Sampler dated 1830

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Thorn’s school where they each worked outstanding, large samplers. The works by the Carter sisters were on view at the ground-breaking exhibition at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohi...

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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art

Excellent Massachusetts Schoolgirl Sampler, Dated 1787
Excellent Massachusetts Schoolgirl Sampler, Dated 1787

Excellent Massachusetts Schoolgirl Sampler, Dated 1787

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A faultlessly rendered sampler with a wonderful composition, this includes many beautifully stitched animals, birds, flowering plants and baskets; additionally, excellent bands and b...

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Antique 1780s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Silk

Early 19th Century Schoolgirl Sampler, probably American
Early 19th Century Schoolgirl Sampler, probably American

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 doings,” from Proverb 20:11. Likely one of Miss Gill’s first samplers, along with thi...

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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets

Niagara, New York Schoolgirl Sampler, circa 1840
Niagara, New York Schoolgirl Sampler, circa 1840

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 legendary scholar and needlework collector and a dear friend of ours. Sarah E. Ballad...

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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Silk, Pen

Schoolgirl Sampler, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Late 18th Century
Schoolgirl Sampler, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Late 18th Century

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, scholars and collectors for many decades. The makers of these samplers were girls from pro...

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Antique Late 18th Century American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Silk

Rare 1876 San Jose, California Schoolgirl Sampler
Rare 1876 San Jose, California Schoolgirl Sampler

Rare 1876 San Jose, California Schoolgirl Sampler

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The California Gold Rush, which began in 1848, convinced a record number of French immigrants to make their way to the United States. About 30,000 people disembarked between 1849 and...

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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets

Excellent New Jersey Quaker Schoolgirl Sampler, Dated 1811
Excellent New Jersey Quaker Schoolgirl Sampler, Dated 1811

Excellent New Jersey Quaker Schoolgirl Sampler, Dated 1811

Located in Philadelphia, PA

New Jersey Schoolgirl Needlework, 1726-1860.” It is published as plate 75 in the accompanying book of the same name, one of the two Pine Grove School samplers.

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Antique 1810s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Silk

Schoolgirl Sampler signed Fanney Wood, dated 1829, England
Schoolgirl Sampler signed Fanney Wood, dated 1829, England

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 Lydbury North, in Shropshire. The maker, Fanney Wood, was born in the same village an...

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Antique 1820s English Folk Art Painted Furniture

Folky and Pictorial American Schoolgirl Sampler, 1814, Massachusetts
Folky and Pictorial American Schoolgirl Sampler, 1814, Massachusetts

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 with a fascinating family history and Sally Paine Hemenway’s sampler falls into th...

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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets

1827 Brooklyn Needlework Sampler, maker: Rachel Electa Foster
1827 Brooklyn Needlework Sampler, maker: Rachel Electa Foster

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 Brooklyn Long Isl[and]."

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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art

New Jersey Sampler dated 1854
New Jersey Sampler dated 1854

New Jersey Sampler dated 1854

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New Jersey Sampler dated 1854

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This type of needlework picture would have been very much in vogue at that time, as classic schoolgirl samplers with alphabets and poems were declining in popularity and other forms ...

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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets

English Quaker School Alphabet Sampler dated 1809
English Quaker School Alphabet Sampler dated 1809

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 have to be considered a miniature of the genre, measuring 7 by 6 inches.

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Antique 19th Century English Quilts and Blankets

Pictorial Philadelphia Sampler, circa 1830
Pictorial Philadelphia Sampler, circa 1830

Pictorial Philadelphia Sampler, circa 1830

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This excellent sampler is representative of an important group of samplers made by schoolgirls in Philadelphia in the first decades of the 19th century.

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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets

1839 Folk Art Sampler Featuring an Eagle
1839 Folk Art Sampler Featuring an Eagle

1839 Folk Art Sampler Featuring an Eagle

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Very occasionally, schoolgirls worked samplers featuring American eagles and these are considered highly desirable in the field of folk art.

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Antique 19th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Handsome New Hampshire Sampler Dated 1805

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 New Hampshire by Rita F.

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Antique Early 1800s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Silk

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