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Phebe Ann House sampler
Lancaster County, PA dated 1825
Inscribed: To be good is to be happy.
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Rachel & Jacob
needlework picture sampler
Philadelphia, PA 1772
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Sampler by Fanny Robinson
New England dated 1830
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Antique sampler by Betsy Sawyer
Newbury, MA dated 1798
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Mary Southward
Salem, MA sampler dated 1807
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Sarah Marriott
Philadelphia, PA 1762
antique Dresden needlework sampler
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Martha O. Adcock
Pitts Grove, Salem, NJ dated 1833
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Family record sampler by Blodget of New Hampshire
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Antique sampler by Sarah Jordan
Portland, ME c.1810
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Ann Bell
Wheeling, WV area dated 1828
honoring George Washington
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Antique needlework sampler by S. S. Hayward aged 8.
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Sampler by Mary Ann Ball
Temple, VT dated 1823
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Goulding Family Record Sampler
Elizabeth Goulding
Worchester, MA 1820
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Sampler by Ann Y. Pennock
Chester County, PA dated 1835
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Sampler by Susan Mellen
Portmouth, NH 1809
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Jannet McCubben
Scottish Sampler 1834
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Ann Greely antique needlework family record sampler, Portland, Maine dated 1818
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Celia Talcott
Wethersfield, Connecticut circa 1818
antique needle sampler
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Sampler by Mary Rogers 1798
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Towle needlework sampler Epping, New Hampshire circa 1828
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Margaret P. Cropper antique sampler family register Worcester County, Maryland circa 1812.
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Fanny Keever sampler Hummelstown, PA
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Charlotte Howard antique needlework sampler, c. 1790, Westfield, Massachusetts
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Mary Pinckny antique needlework sampler Boston, Massachusetts dated 1742
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Hannah Dolbeare
antique needlework sampler, Boston, Massachusetts dated 1762
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Abigil Rich antique needlework sampler, Ware, Massachusetts dated 1829
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Lydia Hall antique needlework sampler, Deerfield, MA 1829
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Anna Maria Titus antique needlework sampler dated 1823, New York, New York
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Mary Mann antique needlework sampler Mendon, Massachusetts
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Mary L. Stanton antique needlework sampler, Pokeepsie, NY dated 1832
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Antique needlework sampler by Mary Brown dated 1817
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Margaret Anderson family register antique needlework sampler, Windham, New Hampshire dated 1818
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Hannah Kelter's antique needlework sampler, Montgomery County, PA 1835
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Eliza Meserole antique needlework sampler, New Jersey dated 1819
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Euphemia Gray antique needlework sampler, Pennsylvania (probably) dated 1840
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Pennsylvania antique needlework sampler by Sarah Evans dated 1824
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Antique needlework sampler by Charlott White dated 1826, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Elizabeth Norris antique needlework sampler Olney House c.1820
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Dresden Table Mat antique crewel work Philadelphia c.1740
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Mary H. Parker
Waltham, MA 1838
Antique needlework sampler
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Salem, Massachusetts antique needlework family record sampler wrought by 11 year old Sarah Pope dated 1822.
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Delaware Valley antique needlework sampler by Anne M. Dowell, c.1810
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Anonymous darning sampler c.1810
#101
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Anonymous darning c.1810
#102
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Anonymous darning sampler c.1810
#103
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Darning sampler initialed E S 1802
#104
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Darning sampler by Ann Maria Makin dated 1805
#105
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Darning sampler enitialed M C and E W dated 1818
#106
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Darning sampler by Naomi Sheldrack dated November 5, 1811
#107
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Darning sampler by Mary Ann Tailman aged 12 dated 1820
#108
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Unreadable name darning sampler with spot flowers motifs dated
1801
#109
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Darning sampler by Charlotte Willses dated 1817
#110
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Darning sampler by Mary Woolston dated July 2, 1810
#111
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Jans Mabbett sampler
Rensselaerville, NY dated 1830
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Jane Stull antique needlework sampler, Hunterdon County, NJ dated 1838
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Julian Clark antique needlework sampler c. 1815
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Dorcas Haight, View of Westtown School 1805 needlework sampler
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Louiza Sewall 1836 antique needlework sampler Philadelphia
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Mary Dixwell antique needlework sampler Boston, Massachusetts dated 1760
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Phebe Spencer's sampler
Newport, RI 1763
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Sampler by Hannah Vail
Belmont County, Ohio c.1830
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Sampler by Lydia Evans
Burlington County, NJ dated 1830
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Lydia Lippincott antique needlework sampler, Burlington, County, NJ dated 1832
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Antique needlework sampler Easton, PA stitched at Mary Ralston's School circa 1830
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Mary Florence antique needlework sampler, Philadelphia 1826
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Mary Emman antique needlework sampler dated 1836, Redington, New Jersey
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Antique needlework sampler by Nancy Owen Marsh, New England
c. 1785
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Elizabeth Rosewall antique needlework sampler, St. Ives, England 1790
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Lydia Richardson antique needlework sampler Salem, MA dated 1799
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Delaware River Valley Emblem of Love antique needlework sampler C. 1800
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Antique needlework sampler by Sarah Alling
New Haven, CT 1836
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Mary Langdon, antique needlework sampler Massachusetts, dated 1765
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Nancy Lock's antique needlework sampler,
Lexington, MA 1806
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Sampler by Lucinda Huse
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Eunice Ladd Sanbornton, Belknap, NH, c. 1825 antique needlework sampler
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Mary Alexander,s sampler
Newbury, Massachusetts 1788
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Martha Ann Little
America 1824 (probably MA or RI)
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Crewel work sampler
inscribed "B. I. 1795" .
Probably Philadelphia, PA. One of a pair.
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Crewel work sampler probably Philadelphia, PA 1795
One of a pair.
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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.
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