Susan Ann Drake
New York, New York, 1809
CURRENT SELECTION OF ANTIQUE SAMPLERS
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Mary Appleton
Ackworth School, Yorkshire, England,
circa 1827
Emily Colburn
Langdon, Sullivan County,
New Hampshire, 1833
Ann Burke Dodge
New York, New York, 1792
Caroline Horner
Burlington County,
New Jersey, 1834
Sarah Schank
Pennsylvania, 1829
Sarah H. Fisher
Franklin, Norfolk County,
Massachusetts, 1825
Henrietta Dawes
Newark, New Jersey, 1823
Woolwork Picture, Bray Church,
Near Maidenhead, Berkshire, England,
circa 1850
Olivia Ann Hewes
Newton, Massachusetts, 1829
Matilda Jenness
Deerfield, New Hampshire, 1820
Jane Rowan
Philadelphia area,
Pennsylvania, 1818
Sarah Jane Campbell
Albany, New York,
circa 1827
Eliza Speakman
East Goshen, Chester County,
Pennsylvania, 1835
Charlotte Sweet
Manlius, Onondaga County,
New York, 1837
Mary M. Boyden
Ashford, Windham County,
Connecticut, 1827
Barbara Winslow
Falmouth, Maine, circa 1805
CCHF, Pictorial Motif Sampler with Noah's Ark,
Hamburg, Germany, 1823
Caroline Darling
Marlborough, Middlesex County,
Massachusetts, 1819
Whitework Pictorial Sampler
Basket of Flowers with Eight Vignettes,
Northern Europe, initialed M. N., circa 1780
Sophia Penniman
New Bedford, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, 1822
Catharine L. Channon
Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1826
Maria Carpmail
England, 1796
Fatima Cushing
Scituate, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts, circa 1817
Mary Crandal
North Stonington, New London County,
Connecticut, 1816
Sophia Rittenhouse
Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, circa 1820
Hannah Lewis
Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1812
Mary Lippincott
Burlington County,
New Jersey, 1821
Amy H. Holcombe
Mt. Airy, Hunterdon County,
New Jersey, 1836
Miniature Buttonhole Sampler
initialed MIH,
Germany, dated 1788
Caroline Atkins
Deal, Kent, England, 1839
“Pot Holder”, initialed N. D.
American, 18th century
Elizabeth Bower
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire,
England, 1799
Rachel Matlack
Burlington County, New Jersey, 1784
Mary Treen
Rugby, Warwickshire,
England,1832
Sarah ann Vandegrift
Bensalem, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, 1817
Pictorial Sampler, School of Mrs. Mary Ralston,
Easton, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania, circa 1830
Elizabeth Ecklee
Mrs. Hill’s Academy,
Kempsey, Worcestershire, England, 1804
Catharine Ritter,
Reading, Pennsylvania, 1833
Hannah Erden
England, 1817
H. Frost, Darning Sampler,
Sudbury, Suffolk, England, 1790
Caroline McVaugh,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1820
Jane Nunn,
England, 1815
Eliza Axford,
Carrfield House, England, 1831
Darning Sampler,
Netherlands, 1824
Les Pensionnaires Pieuse,
France, circa 1820
Mary Jane Sarrell,
“The Watch”, England, 1849
Sally S. Smith,
Probably New England, United States, 1836
Susanna Hickson,
Leicestershire, England, 1783
Parrot Embroidery on Paper,
probably English, circa 1820
Elizabeth McCoy,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1813
Ann Cass,
Brompton-by-Sawdon,
Yorkshire, England, 1773
Catharine Bickel,
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1827
Exotic Bird on a Basket of Berries,
England, circa 1850
Silk Embroidery of Pictorial Motifs,
Germany, circa 1830
Mercy Kemp,
Yalding, Kent, England, 1814
Plushwork Bouquet of Flowers,
United States, circa 1850
Mary Donnoghue,
Boston, Massachusetts, 1827
Band Sampler,
MEK, United Kingdom, 1732
(left) front of 1732 sampler initialled MEK
(right) reverse of 1732 sampler initialled MEK
Flower Basket with Darning Squares,
England, circa 1800
Rowbottom samplers,
England, 1825 and 1828
Basket of Flowers Needlework Picture
United States, circa 1840
Lamb of God Sampler,
Netherlands, 1926
Pair of Handheld English Fire Screens
with Rosewood Handles, circa 1840
“The Wheat Sheaf Inn Posting House and Family Inn”,
England, circa 1840