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- Collection: Samplers, 1700-1799
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Lydia Fitch's Sampler
Lydia Fitch stitched three sets of the alphabet, one set of numbers, Flowers at the bottom of the sampler, and a border surrounding it. Stitches used: Cross, Chain, Eyelet, Four-sided, Stem, Rice.
Betsey Colcord's Sampler
Betsey Colcord's sampler had two complete sets of the alphabet and one set of numbers, as well as two incomplete alphabets, and one alphabet that has repeating letters. A paper label was attached to the sampler that read: “Betsey T. Colcord / July 3,…
Katherine Mayo's Sampler
This sampler by Katherine Mayo of Roxbury, MA, dating to 1773. Katharine included the inscription: "KathaR / INE MAYO IS / MY NaME NEW / ENGLaND IS MY / NaTION ROXBVRY IS MY / DWELLING PLACE AND / ChriSt is MY SalVatION / When I aM Dead & MY BONES /…
Elizabeth Holland's Sampler
Three block alphabets; no "J" or "U." All alphabet letters and words in inscription done in alternating colors; geometric crossbands (some of them geometric flowering vines) separate all rows. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross,…
Hephzebah Baker's Sampler
Hephzebah Baker made a sampler with a collection of geometric and floral bands, three alphabets, and floral designs. Stitches: Cross, Eyelet, Half cross, Knotted, Long and short, Satin, Stem, Straight, Bullions, herringbone, reversible cross
Rebeckah Bullfinch's Sampler
Her sampler has two sets of the alphabet, two crosses, some borders and geometric bands, as well as flowers at the bottom of the sampler. Stitches used: Cross, Eyelet, Queen or rococo, Satin, Stem, Romanina - aka Roman, hem stitch
Lydia Dickman's Sampler
Two block alphabets with no "J" or "U" with each letter in alphabets and each word in inscription different color. Ten narrow decorative crossbands, three wide crossbands, and narrow geometric crossbands separating these and lettered rows; last…
Anna Green's Sampler
A sampler filled with borders and the alphabet, images of plants and animals, and a poem, made by Anna Green, Stitch Types: Straight
Molley Russell's Sampler
Block upper-case alphabet; letters colored alternately; no "J" or "U." Numbers 1 to 0. These rows, together with rows containing verse, all separated by narrow crossbands, including sawtooth and dentil patterns. Below verse, three wide crossbands:…
Rebekah White's Sampler
The pastoral courting scene embroidered beneath the lettering on this sampler relates to the more formal tent-stitch needlework pictures created by Boston girls during this decade. Salem samplers are characterized by long filling stitches made from…