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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
Tags: 1830, 7-9 years old, Alphabet, Animals, Border, building, Floral, Poem, Rhode Island, Silk on Linen
Sarah T. Borden's Sampler
Sarah Borden's sampler contains three sets of the alphabet and one set of numbers and a border. Stitches used: Cross stitch
Tags: 10 years old, 1838, Alphabet, Border, Rhode Island, Silk Thread on linen
Chloe Allen's Sampler
Chloe Allen's sampler, made of a border, two sets of the alphabet, flowers, and a poem, stating "Loveth so the Lord...". Stitches used: Cross.
Tags: 1802, 4-6 years old, Border, Floral, Poem, Rhode Island, Silk Thread on linen
Rebecca G. Starkweather's Sampler
There is a border, three sets of the alphabet, two sets of numbers, one done in part, a poem stating "This needlew/ork of mine cantell when I a child was le/ earned well and by my parnts i was taug/ht not then to spend my time for nought". Stitches…
Tags: 1811, 7-9 years old, Alphabet, Border, Numbers, Poem, Rhode Island, Silk Thread on linen
Diana Austin's Sampler
This sampler features two script alphabets to “X,” and there are also two block alphabets: one with 26 letters and one to “W” with “NOPQ” not worked but a space left for them. At the bottom of the sampler, is a two-story house (in perspective) with a…
Betsy Bruce's Sampler
The name “Betsy Bruce” appears at end of one alphabet. Below the alphabets is the inscription:
"Seize Mortals seize the present hour Lifes a short summer
Man’s a flower he dies alas how soon he dies. E. B. 14 Y.”
Stitches used: cross, Algerian…
"Seize Mortals seize the present hour Lifes a short summer
Man’s a flower he dies alas how soon he dies. E. B. 14 Y.”
Stitches used: cross, Algerian…
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.
Tags: 13-15 years old, 1841, Animal, Border, building, Connecticut, Wool Thread on Linen
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…
Tags: 10-12 years, 1838, Alphabet, Border, Connecticut, Floral, Numbers, Poem, Wool Thread on Linen
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.