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Stephen & Carol Huber:  Dealers in antique needlework samplers, silk embroidery, cross stitch, tapestries.


Lydia Richardson antique needlework sampler dated 1799 from Stephen & Carol Huber

Lydia Richardson antique needlework sampler Salem, MA dated 1799

 Sampler Easton, PA stitched at Mary Ralston's School circa 1830 from Huber

Antique needlework sampler Easton, PA stitched at Mary Ralston's School circa 1830

Mary Mary Langdon, antique sampler Massachusetts, dated 1765 from Huber

Mary Langdon, antique needlework sampler Massachusetts, dated 1765



Jersey sampler dated 1819 by Eliza Meserole from Stephen & Carol Huber

Eliza Meserole antique needlework sampler, New Jersey dated 1819




Anna Maria Titus antique needlework sampler dated 1823, New York, New York

Euphemia Gray sampler Pennsylvania (probably) dated 1840.from Huber

Euphemia Gray antique needlework sampler, Pennsylvania (probably) dated 1840




Mary Pinckney antique needlework sampler Boston, Massachusetts dated 1742




Lydia Lippincott antique needlework sampler, Burlington, County, NJ dated 1832

Margaret Anderson's antique  family regester sampler, New Hamphire dated 1818 from Stephen & Carol Huber

Margaret Anderson family register antique needlework sampler, Windham, New Hampshire dated 1818




Delaware River Valley Emblem of Love antique needlework sampler C. 1800

Antique sampler by Stull from Huber

Jane Stull antique needlework sampler, Hunterdon County, NJ dated 1838

Hannah Dolbeare antique sampler dated 1762 from Huber

Hannah Dolbeare
antique needlework sampler, Boston, Massachusetts dated 1762



Abigil Rich antique needlework sammpler, Ware, Massachusetts dated 1829 from Huber

Abigil Rich antique needlework sampler, Ware, Massachusetts dated 1829

Mary Dixwell antique needlework sampler Boston, Massachusetts dated 1760 from Huber 

Mary Dixwell antique needlework sampler Boston, Massachusetts dated 1760

 
Margaret P. Cropper antique sampler family register Worcester County, Maryland circa 1812.

 
       
 

Antique sampler by Mary Brown dated 1817 from Huber

Antique needlework sampler by Mary Brown dated 1817

Polly Lord antique needlework sampler  Ipswich, Masschusetts c. 1790 from Huber

Polly Lord antique needlework sampler Ipswich, MA c.1790



Pennsylvania antique needlework sampler by Sarah Evans dated 1824

 
       
 

antique sampler by S S Hayward from Huber
Antique needlework sampler by S. S. Hayward aged 8
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ELIZABETH NORRIS  antique sampler from Huber
Elizabeth Norris antique needlework sampler Olney House c.1820

Nancy Lock antique sampler from Huber
Nancy Lock's antique needlework sampler,
Lexington, MA 1806

 
 

Elizabeth Rosewall sampler, St. Ives, England 1790 from Huber

Elizabeth Rosewall antique needlework sampler, St. Ives, England 1790

Sampler by Lydia Hall White Dove School, Deerfield, MA  from Huber

Lydia Hall antique needlework sampler, Deerfield, MA 1829

Antique  American  stitched needlework sampler, embroideriy, needlework picture, stumpwork, or canvaswork by H Kelter

Hannah Kelter's antique needlework sampler, Montgomery County, PA 1835

 
 

 Ann Greely sampler Portland, ME 1818 from Huber
Ann Greely antique needlework family record sampler, Portland, Maine dated 1818

Charlotte Howard antique needlework sampler from Stephen & Carol Huber

Charlotte Howard antique needlework sampler, c. 1790, Westfield, Massachusetts

Mary Mann antique needlework sampler from Stephen & Carol Huber

Mary Mann antique needlework sampler Mendon, Massachusetts

 


crewel work sampler  picture
Crewel work sampler
inscribed
"B. I. 1795" .
Probably Philadelphia, PA. One of a pair.



Crewel work sampler probably Philadelphia, PA 1795
One of a pair.

antique sampler needlework by Mary Florence
Mary Florence antique needlework sampler, Philadelphia 1826


 

Antique sampler by Ennman from Huber

Mary Emman antique needlework sampler dated 1836, Redington, New Jersey

Antique sampler by Nancy Owen Marsh from Huber
Antique needlework sampler by Nancy Owen Marsh, New England
c. 1785

Antique sampler by Charlott White from Huber

Antique needlework sampler by Charlott White dated 1826, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

 
 


dresden sampler
Dresden Table Mat antique crewel work Philadelphia c.1740

 


Sarah Alling antique needlework sampler
Antique needlework sampler by Sarah Alling
New Haven, CT 1836

 
 


Pope antique sampler family record

Salem, Massachusetts antique needlework family record sampler wrought by 11 year old Sarah Pope dated 1822.

Delaware Valley antique needlework sampler by Anne M. Dowell, c.1810 from Huber

Delaware Valley antique needlework sampler by Anne M. Dowell, c.1810
 

 
Mary L. Stanton antique needlework sampler, Pokeepsie, NY dated 1832

 

 

 


Sampler or Antique Sampler:
Usually these terms refer to early needlework accomplishments stitched, or wrought by young students in schools with silk thread on a linen background. They can run the gamut in quality, complexity, and price. The first attempt at making a sampler by a young girl, or far less frequently a young boy, was usually a very simple sampler with only alphabets, numbers, name, date, and sometimes a small amount of decorative stitching. These are commonly referred to as marking samplers. As the students became more capable, the complexity of the sampler usually increased accordingly. At the very top are some masterpieces sporting a wide variety of difficult stitches and subtle color changes intricately and graphically executed to create a needlework sampler that was framed, proudly displayed and cherished. Now those same samplers are highly sought after and cherished by knowledgeable antique needlework collectors.