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American samplers from the first half of the eighteenth century are exceedingly rare. This delicate example is ornamented with floral motifs that evoke the Baroque style of the seventeenth century. Although unfinished, the piece is inscribed at the…

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.

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

A sampler with multiple alphabets, a set of numbers, a verse stating "In thy fair book of the divine/ my God inscribe this to me/ There let a field some tumble Place/Beneath the slaughtered Lamb" Stitches used: Cross, Chain, Satin, Stem, Straight,…

Her sampler is made of three sets of the alphabet and two sets of numbers. Stitches used: Cross Stitch.

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…

Sarah Borden's sampler contains three sets of the alphabet and one set of numbers and a border. Stitches used: Cross stitch