Two (2) 19th century European needlework Samplers. 1st item: English school-girl verse sampler, silk on linen, with strawberry vine border and numerous pictorial motifs of flowers, trees, birds, and animals surrounding verse: "industry taught in early days – not only gives the teacher praise – but gives us pleasure when we view – the work […]
Lot 896: 2 19th Cent. Textiles, incl. Sampler, Silk Embroidery
Two (2) 19th Century Textiles, including Schoolgirl Sampler, Eagle Silk Embroidery. 1st item: Schoolgirl needlework sampler, possibly American, silk and wool threads on linen; cross, queen's, eyelet and box stitch, strawberry border dividing the field into a top section with 4 rows of Alphabet and lower section with pictorial motifs of bird on branch, basket […]
Lot 662: 3 Schoolgirl Samplers, inc. Groton, Mass.
Three (3) Schoolgirl Needlework Samplers, American and English. 1st item: Huldah Woods' sampler, Groton, Massachusetts, 1795. Silk on linen, with cross-stitched blue sawtooth border and inner eyelet-stitched light blue border surrounding rows of alphabet, numbers, trees, and dogs or horses with a verse, "Virtue's the Chiefest / Beauty of the Mind." Dated and signed "1795" […]
Lot 660: Kentucky House Sampler, Sally Judd
Schoolgirl needlework sampler, attributed to Kentucky; stitched by Sally Judd circa 1845. Silk on linen, the upper half with 2 upper case alphabets (one in script) and 1 lower case alphabet, name with 4 other small characters to the side (faded and illegible), over a lower half with flowers and flowering baskets, and a Federal […]
Lot 661: 1835 Kentucky Sampler, Louisa Cooper Hogland
Kentucky needlework cross-stitched sampler, brown and teal silk thread on linen, by Louisa Cooper of Pulaski County, KY, dated 1835. Upper and lowercase alphabets divided by a row of numbers, over signature "Louisa Cooper Sept. 8 1835 Aged 11" flanked by tree designs on each side, all within and between multiple geometric bands. Antique, possibly […]
Lot 659: West Tennessee Sampler, 1837, Mary Jane Russell
Scarce West Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, by Mary Jane Russell of Brownsville TN, Haywood County, 1837, with unusually comprehensive biographical information. Multicolored border comprised of eyelet stitch on one side and cross stitched zig zag pattern on top, and cross-stitched green and white chainlink pattern on right side, enclosing 2 rows of upper […]
Lot 595: J. Q. Adams Alabama land grant, Bible Sampler, & 2 Silhouettes
Four (4) 19th C. historical items, including John Quincy Adams signed Alabama land document, sampler, and silhouettes. 1st item: John Quincy Adams land grant, signed as sixth President of the United States, dated July 1826, granting "…eighty acres and thirty one and one half hundredths of an acre…" of land in Tuskaloosa [sic] County, Alabama […]
Lot 355: 3 Signed Samplers incl. Adam/Eve Sampler
Three (3) schoolgirl needlework samplers, American or English, all framed under glass. 1st item: Folky "Adam and Eve" sampler in cross stitch, wool on linen, with a flower/berry border and various pictorial motifs surrounding Adam, Eve, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, signed Ellen Williams, age 8 and dated 1850. Float […]
Lot 344: 1744 Needlework sampler with Adam and Eve
18th century needlework sampler, Continental, possibly the Netherlands, decorated with figures, fruit, flowers, symbols including Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden lower center, and central building. Signed in cartouche "GD", and dated 1744. Housed in wood frame, float mounted on beige mat. Size – 13 1/2" H x 13" W. Framed – 18" […]
Lot 592: Tennessee Sampler by Mary Martin, 1838
Wilson County, Tennessee pictorial needlework sampler dated 1838, made by Mary Saunders Martin (1825-1881). Rare all-pictorial sampler featuring a rose border, enclosing a fruit basket, butterflies, and multiple birds, including parrots, a stork, and peacock, flanking a central male figure. Roosters, three dogs, and a rabbit are also depicted. Signed and dated "Miss Mary Martin […]
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