Two 19th century samplers, possibly New Jersey. 1st item: House sampler, wool on linen, with house, triangular-shaped trees, birds, fruit basket, flowers, fruit trees and diamond repeating border. Sight: 15 1/8" H x 12 1/2" W, Fruitwood frame: 18" H x 15 1/2" W. Mid-19th century. 2nd item: Floral sampler, wool on linen, with central […]
Lot 276: 2 19th Century American Samplers
1st item: American needlework sampler, silk on linen, alphabet bands over the name “Julia A. Drake, Sampler Age 12 yrs.” above a flower basket, tree and house with sun. Housed in a simple gilt wood frame. Sight – 14 5/8″ H x 7 1/8″ W. Framed – 18″ H x 9″ W. 19th century. Old […]
Lot 275: 1831 Kentucky Needlework Sampler
Kentucky Needlework Sampler by Jane Rogers, dated 1831. Silk on linen, cross stitched, with plain border, double upper case alphabet, 2 lower case alphabets and numbers, separated by rows of geometric designs, over a field decorated with pictorial images including 2 baskets of flowers and trees, the large center tree with bird atop branches, over […]
Lot 226: Massachusetts Needlework Sampler, 1830, Caroline L
A Massachusetts needlework sampler, silk thread on linen, embroidered border, central basket and flowers with cross-stitched alphabets and numbers, wrought by Caroline Augusta Low, Aged 10, 1830, Andover. Verse reads:" We stand exposed to every sin/ While idle and without employ/ Industry holds our passions in/ And Keeps out all unlawful joy" Condition: Some fading […]
Lot 228: Adam and Eve Pictorial Sampler
English school, Adam and Eve needlework sampler with verse, silk on linen, signed at bottom "Elizabeth Wordingham was born/ September 10 / 1823 aged 13." Verse at top reads: "Oh may heavenly treasure find and choose the better part / Give me a humble pious mind and a meek and lowly heart." Geometric border and […]
Lot 225: Silk on Linen Sampler, 1808
Early silk on linen school girl sampler, dated 1808. Floral border with alphabet over two rows of bird and flower and tree designs, over a verse: "Favour is deceitful and/t beuty is vain but woman/ that feareth the Lord The-/mall will be praised." Lower row features urns of flowers and date, also "RS 12" (possibly […]
Lot 496: Grouping of 4 Samplers
Grouping of 4 needlework samplers. 1st item: Framed sampler, wool on linen, dated 1886, Emma Charlotte Jansen, with alphabet, snowflakes, flowers, dog, large bird and red building. Frame: 11" H x 14 1/2" W, Sight: 7 1/4" H x 11" W. Note: census records show an Emma Charlotte Jansen born 1868 in Carlscruma, Sweden, living […]
Lot 493: Two Needlework Samplers
Two schoolgirl needlework samplers, both likely English. 1st item: Silk on linen house sampler, floral border enclosing alphabet bands over a verse and signature with date: "Behold this work I've labored to do / oft times with care I've put my needle thro / Each bush each tree proclaims my steady hand / Would I […]
Lot 494: 1771 Rhode Island Sampler
18th century silk on linen Rhode Island school girl alphabet sampler by Mary Collins, 9 yrs old, dated 1771, with upper case and lower case alphabet, and numerals 1 through 9. Verse: "Mary Collins is my Name/England is my Nation/Rhode island is my dwelling Place/And Christ is my Salvation", "Mary Collins 9 Her Work 1771". […]
Lot 155: 2 Folk Art Textile Items, Hooked Rug & Sampler
1st item: Folk art hooked rug depicting two doves and a heart (which forms the head of one of the birds), surrounded by tulips and roses and set on a brown background. 26" x 39-1/2". Circa 1900. 2nd item: Small marking sampler with alphabet and numbers, brown silk thread on linen ground, signed R.B. Sanders […]
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