Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 17

Antique Darning Sampler, 1791, by Ann Manning

$2,237.91
£1,610
€1,897.58
CA$3,042.39
A$3,407.87
CHF 1,771.71
MX$42,080.31
NOK 22,570.22
SEK 21,336.63
DKK 14,160.79
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Antique Darning Sampler, 1791, by Ann Manning. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Comprises of 15 darning panels, worked in various different techniques and patterns. Colours red, yellow, dark brown, black, green and blue. Signed and dated 'Ann Manning 1791'. Framed in an old, gilt painted frame with rippled, dimpled, old glass. Mounting: The sampler is stitched to acid free card. Frame backed with card and sealed with tape.. Dimensions exclude the frame and slip.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.6 in (32.01 cm)Width: 10.4 in (26.42 cm)Depth: 0.6 in (1.53 cm)
  • Style:
    George III (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
    1790-1799
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1791
  • Condition:
    Good. No holes. A few pale stains. No stitch losses. Colours are mostly good and strong with no noticeable fading. No colour run. Neatly and evenly stretched. Frame showing slight wear, otherwise sound.
  • Seller Location:
    Chelmsford, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 229421stDibs: LU4246136495402

More From This Seller

View All
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 borde...
Category

Antique 1790s English George III Tapestries

Materials

Linen

Antique Sampler, 1834, By Mary Thornhill
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
William IV Sampler, 1834, By Mary Thornhill. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground. Meandering strawberry border. Colours green, gold, silver, pink, brown and blue....
Category

Antique 1830s Tapestries

Materials

Silk

Antique Band Sampler, 1693, by Sarah Maydman
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
William and Mary period Band Sampler, 1693, by Sarah Maydman. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Divider lines in various patterns. Co...
Category

Antique 1690s Tapestries

Materials

Silk

Victorian Sampler, 1839, by Emma Kite
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian Sampler, 1839, by Emma Kite. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground. Meandering floral border. Colours green, blue, light brown, silver, black, gold and red. Verse reads, 'What is our God or what his name...
Category

Antique 1830s English Victorian Tapestries

Materials

Silk

Antique Band Sampler, 1796, by Margaret Hoskin
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Georgian Band Sampler, 1796, by Margaret Hoskin. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a canvas ground, mainly in cross stitch. Divider lines in various patterns. Colours green, c...
Category

Antique 1790s Tapestries

Materials

Canvas

Antique Sampler, 1825, by Mary Walter
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Regency Sampler, 1825, by Mary Walter. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground, mainly in cross stitch. Meandering strawberry border. Colours green, dark brown, white...
Category

Antique 1820s Tapestries

Materials

Silk

You May Also Like

ANTIQUE 1838 ORIGINAL EARLY ViCTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER IN THE PERIOD FRAME
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this rather stunning, 1838 dated needlework sampler made in the second year of Queen Victoria's reign I ha...
Category

Antique 1830s English William IV Tapestries

Materials

Cotton

American framed needle work sampler by Seraphina Learned, 1800's
Located in Kenilworth, IL
American sampler of silk floss on linen with a modest zig-zag border framing an uppercase letter alphabet, followed by a cursive alphabet, a lower case alphabet, and the numerals one...
Category

Antique Early 18th Century American Folk Art Tapestries

Materials

Linen, Silk

American Needlework Sampler by Maria Morris, 1827
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American Needlework Sampler by Maria Morris, 1827, a needlework sampler on linen panel having alphabet and numerals, above a religi...
Category

Antique 1820s American Federal Decorative Art

Materials

Thread, Linen

1819 Sampler made by Ann Wareing in Victorian Period Frame, English
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1819 Sampler made by Ann Wareing in Victorian period frame, English. An exquisitly preserved silk on fine linen sampler by Ann Wareing, May 12, 1819. A late George III piece in a Vic...
Category

Antique 1810s English Tapestries

Materials

Linen, Silk

1833 Sampler Made by Ann Crehlow in Antique Pine Frame, English
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1833 Sampler made by Ann Crehlow(?) in antique pine frame, English. A huge, William IV period pictoral sampler with a hymn of praise called: The Beauties of Nature, Gratitude to the Supreme Being, Nature's Call to Gratitude. It dates from the late 18th century, reading "How cheerful along the gay mead, the daisies and cowslips appear". The whole is filled with typical sampler iconography. Stains, small losses. Georgian stone townhouse at base. Doves with olive branches...
Category

Antique 1830s English Tapestries

Materials

Linen, Silk

Antique 1747 Mary Campbell of Scotland George II Needlework Sampler
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this rather stunning, 1747 dated needlework Mary Campbell sampler from Scotland I have three of these samplers for sale, they are dated 1830, 17...
Category

Antique 1740s Scottish Victorian Antiquities

Materials

Cotton