Franklin County, Tennessee needlework sampler stitched by Lucy Margaret Foster, and dated 1867. Wool on linen, strawberry border surrounding uppercase, lowercase, and script alphabets, a row of numbers and a signed verse: "The desire of improvement discovers a liberal mind; and is connected with many accomplishments, and many virtues. Margaret Foster finished this sampler in […]
Lot 261: Rare West Tennessee Needlework Sampler, Lucy Macon Green
Rare West Tennessee Needlework Sampler, stitched by Lucy Macon Green and dated 1842, silk on linen. Strawberry border enclosing five rows of alphabets and a geometric border over a signature line, LUCY M. GREEN AGE 11 YEARS 1842; two stitched conjoined hearts beside a verse, "Celestial happiness when'er she stoops / To visit earth one […]
Lot 709: 3 Samplers incl. Salem, Massachusetts
1st item: Family Register sampler for the True family of E. Salisbury, Mass., possibly the work of Ploomy A. or Ruth Annette True, who are listed with respective 1844 and 1846 birth dates along with their parents John and Charlotte True and sibling Andrew C. True. Cross stitched names, dates, and strawberry border. Housed in […]
Lot 708: 3 Samplers, incl. Connecticut, Pennsylvania
Three (3) samplers, most likely American, including Connecticut and Pennsylvania, all silk on linen. 1st item: Lydia G. Satterlee Connecticut needlework sampler containing 3 alphabets and numbers, her initials, heart motif, name, and birthdate of November 8, 1798, over pictorial motifs of a figure feeding ducks and a tall plant or tree and the initials […]
Lot 427: East TN Regional Textiles, incl. Irish sampler
Four (4) East Tennessee Regional Textile items, including Irish sampler. 1st item: 19th century Irish school girl verse sampler made by Jane Vance. Silk on dark linen with verse reading "Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth **JV**" together with other pictorial items. Pencil note en verso reads: "Jane Vance/Susan's great great […]
Lot 1058: Pole Screen and Elizabeth Norfolk Needlework House Sampler
Two (2) antique textile items. 1st item: English Queen Anne pole screen or firescreen with rectangular wool needlework landscape scene depicting a manor house nestled in a wooded landscape, probably a fragment of an old tapestry. The mahogany pole features an acorn finial, spiral carved knop, tripod base and slipper feet. 56 1/2" H x […]
Lot 1059: 1824 House Sampler, Caroline Hayward
Schoolgirl Pictorial needlework sampler by Caroline Hayward, dated 1824, probably England or Massachusetts, strawberry border enclosing a verse, "Teach me to feel a brother's woe/ to bide the pain and see/ that mercy I to others show / that mercy show to me," over pictorial images including trees, flowers, birds, and house with little black […]
Lot 1138: Massachusetts House Sampler
American silk on linen schoolgirl alphabet and verse sampler with house and tree motifs, attributed to Massachusetts, signed and dated "Sally Sweetser's Work Aged 11 Years 1807". Top four alternating lines consisting of upper case and lower case alphabet rows and a strawberry vine row above a four line verse reading "Stamp virtue's law upon […]
Lot 205: Nashville, Tennessee 1836 Sampler
Scarce Nashville, Tennessee schoolgirl needlework sampler stitched by Eliza Folwell and dated October 16, 1836. Silk and wool on linen, checkered outer border surrounding a wide floral border, with upper and lowercase alphabet and numbers over a large basket of flowers and a cartouche containing signature, "Nashville Tennessee," and date. Old (but not original) framing […]
Lot 60A: Exceptional Franklin, Tennessee sampler, 1836
Important Franklin, Tennessee house sampler by Mary Elizabeth Collins, April 1836. This sampler relates to a group of four documented samplers from Middle TN. The group is referred to as the “Cartouche, Wreath, and Vase Group”. This specific sampler contains nine different stitching techniques and the baskets are characteristic of Middle Tennessee samplers from the […]
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