Scottish Sampler, silk on linen, stitched by Margaret Urquhart, listing names of her family members including mother Mary Kerr, father James Urquhart, and siblings, along with 2 alphabets rendered in cross and eyelet stitch. The lower third of the sampler features images of a house, bird, trees and plants, and signature with possible date 1811. Housed under […]
Lot 216: Spring Hill Academy Tennessee Sampler 1842
American schoolgirl needlework sampler by Lucy Ann Reid, Spring Hill TN Female Academy, 1842, silk thread on linen ground. Cross stitched double vine and blossom borders enclosing two alphabets (one rendered in box stitch) and a row of numbers, divided by satin stitch sawtooth borders, a vine and blossom border, and decorations of flowering baskets, […]
Lot 261: 2 18th C. Needlework Samplers incl. New Jersey
Two schoolgirl Needlework Samplers,18th century. 1st item: American silk on linen cross-stitched sampler featuring a sawtooth border enclosing an alphabet and dated Jan. 1, 1793, signed SITHA VAN DUYNE BORN OCTOBER THE 29TH THE YEAR 1777. The lower half of the sampler is unfinished. 10″ x 9″, float mounted under glass atop a cream mat […]
Lot 260: New Hampshire Schoolgirl Sampler, House and Dog
New Hampshire school girl needlework embroidered Sampler, silk and wool or cotton on lined linen, by Lydia C. Martin, 1849. Red floral border enclosing three alphabets separated by decorative borders and ending in the word “LOVE,” over a common verse, “Jesus permit thy name to stand…” and a pictorial scene of dog seated in front […]
Lot 257: Caroline Wills 1836 Sampler, possibly Southern
American schoolgirl needlework embroidered sampler dated 1836 by Caroline Wills (b. 1824 – d. Knoxville, TN 1857), silk on linen, featuring a simple blue geometric border enclosing 5 alphabets in a variety of stitches including Queen’s, eyelet, box and cross, above a signature, CAROLINE WILLS SAMPLER WROUGHT AD 1836, over a flowering bush flanked by […]
Lot 226: Kentucky Sampler, Elmira Adams c. 1840
Kentucky Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler by Elmira Adams of Lincoln, KY, circa 1840. Rendered in eyelet, satin and cross stitch with silk thread on linen ground. Leaf and blossom and sawtooth border surrounding 3 alphabets, two pictorial floral sprays, and a signed verse: "Let my first years be past / that I may give for every […]
Lot 225: Rare Eastern NC Sampler c. 1820 by Pussey Grady
Exceedingly rare Eastern North Carolina Needlework sampler by Pussey Grady of Duplin County, circa 1820. The silk on linen sampler features 6 alphabets rendered in a variety of stitches including cross, eyelet, box and Queen''s stitch, separated by simple borders and signed on the last line. Mounted on a black mat and housed under non-glare […]
Lot 223: Middle Tennessee 1844 Sampler, Mary Grimmet
Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler by Mary Grimmett of Lewis County, TN, signed and dated 1844. Silk on linen, rendered entirely in cross stitch. Strawberry border surrounding two Biblical verses from Psalms: "The Lord is My Shepherd" and "Give unto the Lord the Glory Due unto his name / Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness" […]
Lot 224: VA or TN 1824 House & Roses Sampler, Elizabeth Booker
Virginia or West Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, stitched by Elizabeth M.A.R. Booker in 1824. Exceptionally wide floral border with prominent roses among other flowers, enclosing a red brick three story house surrounded by trees and fence, beneath a verse: "The Rose through beauteous/ It''s glorious vernal pride ador(n) / Let her who choose […]
Lot 222: 19th Century Walker Family Sampler, Silk on Linen
Family register sampler of the Walker family of Rogersville, Tennessee, circa 1845, silk on linen, worked by Ella L. Walker, daughter of Frances Grantham Rogers Walker (1795-1883) and her second husband, Dr. Hugh Kelso Walker (1802-1866). Featuring rows of both uppercase and lowercase alphabets over a listing of family members and a verse and signature […]
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