Lydia Richardson antique needlework sampler Salem, MA dated 1799	Antique needlework sampler Easton, PA stitched at Mary Ralston's School circa 1830	Mary Langdon, antique needlework sampler Massachusetts, dated 1765
	Eliza Meserole antique needlework sampler, New Jersey dated 1819	Anna Maria Titus antique needlework sampler dated 1823, New York, New York	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 family register antique needlework sampler, Windham, New Hampshire dated 1818
	Delaware River Valley Emblem of Love antique needlework sampler C. 1800	Jane Stull antique needlework sampler, Hunterdon County, NJ dated 1838	Hannah Dolbeare antique needlework sampler, Boston, Massachusetts dated 1762
	Abigil Rich antique needlework sampler, Ware, Massachusetts dated 1829	Mary Dixwell antique needlework sampler Boston, Massachusetts dated 1760	Margaret P. Cropper antique sampler family register Worcester County, Maryland circa 1812.
	Antique needlework sampler by Mary Brown dated 1817	Polly Lord antique needlework sampler Ipswich, MA c.1790	Pennsylvania antique needlework sampler by Sarah Evans dated 1824
	Antique needlework sampler by S. S. Hayward aged 8.	Elizabeth Norris antique needlework sampler Olney House c.1820	Nancy Lock's antique needlework sampler, Lexington, MA 1806
	Elizabeth Rosewall antique needlework sampler, St. Ives, England 1790	Lydia Hall antique needlework sampler, Deerfield, MA 1829	Hannah Kelter's antique needlework sampler, Montgomery County, PA 1835
	Ann Greely antique needlework family record sampler, Portland, Maine dated 1818	Charlotte Howard antique needlework sampler, c. 1790, Westfield, Massachusetts	Mary Mann antique needlework sampler Mendon, Massachusetts
	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. Mary Florence antique needlework sampler, Philadelphia 1826
	Mary Emman antique needlework sampler dated 1836, Redington, New Jersey	Antique needlework sampler by Nancy Owen Marsh, New England c. 1785	Antique needlework sampler by Charlott White dated 1826, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
	Dresden Table Mat antique crewel work Philadelphia c.1740		Antique needlework sampler by Sarah Alling New Haven, CT 1836
	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	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.