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Martha Slocum's Sampler
A sampler made with the alphabet, numbers, a house, and a garden. Bordered with a geometric design. Stitches: Cross
Maria Barker's Sampler
A sampler with four sets of the alphabet, bordered with vines and flowers, a poem, and a picture of a house and yard at the bottom. Stitches used: Cross, Eyelet, Queen or rococo, Satin, Stem, hemstitch
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.
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…
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 /…
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
Harriet H. Eggleston
Harriet Eggleston's sampler is surrounded by a border, containing four sets of the alphabet, one set of numbers, images of flowers at the bottom, and a verse, inscribed, "This I have done that you may see/What care my teacher took of me." Stitches…
Hannah Magill's Sampler
Hannah Magil's sampler has three sets of the alphabet, a set of numbers, a border around the sampler, and an image of a house, plants, and animals. Stitches used: Cross and rice.
Fanny Whitney's Sampler
A genealogy of Whitney's family, surrounded by flowers and two willow trees, columns and a winged cherub. Stitches: Cross, Eyelet, Running, Satin.
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,…