Embroidery Sampler
19th Century American Framed Alphabet Embroidery Sampler
Located in New York, NY
American Country small embroidered sampler with green and red alphabet in stained wood frame
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Antique 19th Century American Country Tapestries
Materials
Wood
Antique Hand Embroidered Turkmen Suzani Sampler In Shadow Box
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful antique Suzani textile embroidery made by nomadic Turkmen tribe as a sampler for probably
Category
Antique Early 1900s Caucasian Shadow Boxes
Materials
Cotton, Glass, Wood
Antique Sampler Stool, English, Walnut, Boxwood, Embroidered, Decor, William IV
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique sampler stool. An English, walnut and boxwood embroidered decorative rest
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British William IV Stools
Materials
Textile, Boxwood, Walnut
H 4.73 in W 10.83 in D 10.83 in
Antique Renaissance Styled Hand-Embroidered Sampler Panel or Tapestry Fragment
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
executed hand-embroidery is done in silk and silver thread and depicts an allegorical vignette. The thread
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Tapestries
Materials
Silk
H 10.75 in W 11.5 in D 1.75 in
Antique 1830 English Sampler by S. Norman, What is Life
Located in Bridgeport, CT
By S. Norman. With a now brown toned background and overall embroidery with birds, trees, flower
Category
Antique 19th Century English Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
1829 Needlepoint Pictorial Sampler of Flowers and Quote by 12-year old Girl.
Located in Soquel, CA
sampler. A girl who was lucky enough to continue her education usually made a second embroidery at a
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Antique 1820s American Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Linen, Thread
19th Century Embroidered Silk Panel Map Of The World
Located in Forney, TX
highly attractive appearance, with finely worked details, blackwork, sampler, decorative elements in
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Antique 19th Century European Victorian Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Thread
Seven Floral Embroidered Silk Curtains Parham House Sussex 104"high 379"long
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
. Research is currently underway to establish which room they were made for at Parham House.
The embroidery
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Vintage 1920s English Louis XV Curtains and Valances
Materials
Silk
H 104.34 in W 62.21 in D 0.4 in
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Antique Sampler, 1834 by Ann Kelk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
1834 'Knowledge' Sampler by Ann Kelk. The sampler is worked in silk on a linen ground, in a variety of stitches. Simple embroidered border. Colors black, cream, green and peach. Alph...
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Antique 1830s English Folk Art Tapestries
Victorian Framed Needlework of Butterflies
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Victorian needlepoint image of butterflies in a burl wood frame under glass. The oval wool stitchery on a green background in a newer shadow frame in a burl wood grain.
Category
Antique 1880s American Victorian Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Pair 1970's Soicher-Marin Framed Chinese Silk Embroidery Textile Art
By Soicher Marin
Located in West Chester, PA
A beautiful pair of Chinese Silk Embroideries by Soicher-Marin Inc. for Bernhard Halkin Interiors circa 1970s in the original square frames.
Category
Late 20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Wood
Vintage Mounted Mexican Otomi Embroidered Textile
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful and whimsical late 20th century Mexican Otomi textile with myriad gold embroidered animals and plants including rabbits, deer, horses, and peacocks, on a white cotton groun...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Tribal Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
American Needlework Sampler by Maria Morris, 1827
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American Needlework Sampler by Maria Morris, 1827, a needlework sampler on linen panel having alphabet and numerals, above a religious “rod and reproof” verse, over a house a...
Category
Antique 1820s American Federal Decorative Art
Materials
Thread, Linen
American Sampler Under Glass with the Original Gilt Birdseye Maple Frame, C 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
American sampler under glass with the original gilt Birdseye maple molded edge frame, Early 19th Century. Signed by maker Mary Ann Browning, Age 12.
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Antique 1820s American American Empire Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Birdseye Maple, Giltwood, Linen
H 20.25 in W 16.25 in D 1 in
Persian Kalamkar Hand-Blocked Tapestry Textile Isfahan
Located in North Hollywood, CA
An absolutely gorgeous example of the traditional Antique Persian hand-blocked tapestry textile.
Persian Kalamkar (Qalamkar or Ghalamkar) woodblock print textile is from the great ci...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Islamic Textiles
Materials
Linen
Framed Antique Coptic Textile
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small piece of antique coptic textile woven as a horizontal band with two linear Greek key borders flanking the central designs clustered in smaller abstract medallion forms, in th...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Archaistic Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wood, Wool
Antique Sampler, 1799, by Anne Strong
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Georgian Sampler, 1799, by Anne Strong. The sampler is worked in fine wool and silk on a linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Unusual curly border. Colours red, yellow, light br...
Category
Antique 1790s English George III Tapestries
Materials
Linen
Antique Silkwork Embroidery of a Bird in a Tree
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Antique Silkwork embroidery of a bird in a tree. The embroidery is worked in silks on silk ground, in a variety of stitches. Colours black, blue, copper, pink, brown and green. Subje...
Category
Antique 1820s English Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Collection of 19th Century Wax Seals
Located in Stockton, NJ
A collection of early 19th century wax seals framed.
Small frame measures 7.5" W x 8.5" H
Medium circular frame measures 15.5" W x 13.5" H
Large frame measures 16" W x 11.75" H.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Turkish Embroidered Folk Art Textile in Purple, Wall Hanging or Throw
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful hand embroidered textile from Turkey that is perhaps 30 or 40 years old. A whimsical example of textile Folk Art.
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Folk Art Primitives
Materials
Wool
Collection of Walking Sticks in Shadow Box
Located in Peekskill, NY
There is a nice variety of canes in this early collection and display case. The case looks to be 1800 with wavy original glass. The whole display has a very rich look.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Shadow Boxes
Materials
Glass
Antique Scottish Sampler, circa 1820, by Mary Souter
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Early 19th century Scottish sampler by Mary Souter. The sampler is worked in wool and silk on a dark homespun linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. Greek key border. Colour...
Category
Antique 1820s Tapestries
Materials
Canvas
Framed Fine Embroidered Second Rank Badge Chinese Qing Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely embroidered silk civil rank badge panel presented in a giltwood frame circa mid-late 19th century. The square rank badge is known in Chinese as Buzi. The design is centered ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Textiles
Materials
Silk
American Needlework Sampler by Eliza Jordan, Aged 12, Late 18th Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American needlework sampler by Eliza Jordan, aged 12, late 18th century, a very fine and fanciful pictorial needlework sampler on linen panel featuring a great variety of ani...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Linen
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Quilt Sampler
Located in Summerland, CA
State. Hand stitched embroidery throughout.
Category
20th Century American Quilts
Materials
Cotton, Velvet
American Folk Art Child's Sampler, Late 19th Century
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American Folk Art child's sampler, late 19th century, the rectangular linen body stitched in pastel
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Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Linen
Excellent Early 19th Century Delaware Valley Silk Embroidery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
spectacular leaves.
This silk embroidery descended in a prominent Delaware family and was quite clearly
Category
Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Excellent Schoolgirl Silk Embroidery, "a Favorite Lamb, " Pennsylvania, 1823
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore, entered the Lititz School in 1822 and worked this splendid silk embroidery there, indicating that
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Antique 1820s American Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
H 19 in W 18.5 in D 1.5 in
Embroidered Wall Hanging
Located in Portland, ME
interior with furniture and vases with flowers. The embroidery is done with silk and metallic threads. The
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Textiles
Materials
Metallic Thread
Embroidered Picture, Tver Region, Russia, late 19th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Christianity. Although not as symbolic, the floral elements indeed play a commanding role in most embroidery
Category
Antique 19th Century Russian Quilts and Blankets
Les Pensionnaires Pieuse, France, circa 1820
Located in Philadelphia, PA
clasped in devotion.
This extraordinary and praiseworthy frame is original to the embroidery, with
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Antique 19th Century French Decorative Art
Antique 19th Century Cross Stitch Embroidery Sampler Table Grapes Dove
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique mid 19th century folk art embroidery sampler showing a small pedestal table set with
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Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Wool
19th Century Irish Needlework Embroidery Sampler
Located in Long Island City, NY
This charming needlepoint cross-stich sampler is embroidered with the alphabet and numbers, and
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Antique 1830s Irish Early Victorian Decorative Art
1853 Antique Folk Art Embroidery Cross Stitch Sampler Mourning Love Death
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 1850s cross stitch sampler by Dorothy Manners, memorializing what appears to be the death
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Antique 1850s Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Cotton
H 9.75 in W 11.25 in D 1.25 in
19th Century Needlework Sampler of the Garden of Eden
Located in Nantucket, MA
Lovely 19th century needlework sampler with central scene of Adam and Eve, the apple tree, and
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Thread, Wood
Temperance Sampler Quilt with Figures and Animals and Figures
Located in Darnestown, MD
There are many exceptional aspects to this delicate sampler quilt. The format is unusual. Upon
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Antique 19th Century American Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Antique Silkwork Coastal Scene Embroidery
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Antique silkwork coastal scene embroidery. The embroidery is worked in silks on a silk ground, in a
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Antique Silkwork Embroidery of a Bird of Paradise
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Antique Silkwork embroidery of a bird of paradise. The embroidery is worked in silks on silk ground
Category
Antique 1820s French Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Antique Greek Island Table Rug
Located in San Francisco, CA
This antique Greek island embroidery uses a variety of techniques reminiscent of embroidered
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Antique 19th Century Greek Western European Rugs
Victorian Wool Work Embroidered Picture of a Tiger
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian wool work embroidered picture of a tiger. The embroidery is worked in wool on canvas
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Folk Art Tapestries
Materials
Wool
18th Century Gold-Threaded Needlework Picture
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
18th century gold-threaded needlework picture. The embroidery is worked using a variety of stitches
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Antique 1720s English Other Tapestries
Materials
Metallic Thread
18th Century Silk Embroidered Nautical Scene, HOPE
Located in Nantucket, MA
finishing school Samplers. Georgian embroideries most often depicted stylized mourning or genre scenes
Category
Antique 1780s English George III Tapestries
Materials
Silk
18th Century Silk Embroidered Nautical Scene
Located in Nantucket, MA
Samplers. Georgian embroideries most often depicted stylized mourning or genre scenes; nautical pictures
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Antique 1780s English George III Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Girlhood Embroidery, American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850
By Betty Ring
Located in valatie, NY
Girlhood embroidery, American samplers and pictorial needlework 1650-1850 by Betty Ring. New York
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20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Girlhood Embroidery, American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850
By Betty Ring
Located in valatie, NY
Girlhood embroidery, American samplers and pictorial needlework 1650-1850 by Betty Ring. New York
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Country Mansion House Embroidery
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Country Mansion house embroidery, circa 1830. The sampler is worked in silk on canvas ground, in a
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Antique Animal Print Style Crewelwork
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Embroideries and Embroidered Textiles – Antique embroideries and Suzani embroideries are
Category
Antique Early 1900s Other Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Collection of Embroidery Samplers
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Collection of six silver framed embroidery samplers.
Category
Early 20th Century American Decorative Art
Darning Embroidery Sampler
Located in North Egremont, MA
Elaborate fancy sample on a handwoven cotton background, edged in cotton. Work done in mercerized cotton.
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Antique Late 19th Century American More Folk Art
Important Maryland Sampler, 1835
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The outstanding book, A Maryland Schoolgirl Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738 – 1860, by Gloria
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Important Philadelphia Sampler dated 1792
Located in Philadelphia, PA
EMBROIDERY: AMERICAN SAMPLERS & PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK 1650 – 1850 (Knopf 1993), in a section entitled
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Outstanding 1820 New Jersey Sampler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Embroidery, Philadelphia in the Federal Period, Samplers with Mansions and Terraced Gardens (volume II, pages
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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
English Needlework Sampler dated 1768
Located in Philadelphia, PA
We very rarely encounter a sampler, English or American, which is unlike any other known example
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Decorative Art
Fine Ohio Schoolgirl Sampler dated 1830
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ohio samplers are far rarer than those from states along the eastern seaboard.Documented
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Important 18th Century Salem, Massachusetts Sampler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Historical Society (published in Girlhood Embroidery American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850 by
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Antique Late 18th Century American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Outstanding New Hampshire Sampler, Dated 1817
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An outstanding sampler with enormous visual appeal, this is one of several known pieces that form a
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Antique 1810s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Pennsylvania or New Jersey Sampler dated 1830
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This splendid large pictorial sampler features a double-chimney brick house flanked by curly-tailed
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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
1809 Westtown School Sampler by Eliza Matthews
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ring's Girlhood Embroidery, Volume II, pages 388-395 provides much information about the samplers of the
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Schoolgirl Sampler, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Late 18th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
thought that they made their samplers at a boarding school.
In vol. I of Girlhood Embroidery Betty Ring
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Antique Late 18th Century American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Excellent New Jersey Quaker Schoolgirl Sampler, Dated 1811
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charlotte Beck worked this excellent sampler while attending the Pine Grove School, a Quaker school
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Antique 1810s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Outstanding and Important Newburyport, Mass. Sampler, dated 1801
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, Massachusetts, produced several groups of extraordinarily handsome samplers and silk embroideries during the
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Antique 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
Rare Pennsylvania Quaker Silk Embroidery Dated 1798
Located in Philadelphia, PA
in the file that accompanies the sampler. Mary and Alexander had two children, Sarah and Jane, who
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Decorative Art
Print-work Silk Embroidery, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1818
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Amongst the excellent silk embroideries worked at the Balch School in Providence, Rhode Island is a
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Lewis Family Coat of Arm Silk Embroidery, Connecticut circa 1805
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This outstanding coat of arms silk embroidery was worked at the renowned Misses Patten School in
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Embroidery, England, circa 1740, Provenance: Met Museum Costume Collection
Located in Philadelphia, PA
conservation mounted into a 19th century gold leaf frame.
Antique samplers and needlework are our specialty.
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Antique 1740s British George II Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
American Silk Embroidery of a Shepherdess and Windmill, c.1800
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the countryside as subject matter for samplers, needlework pictures and paintings. This small format
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Materials
Watercolor
American Silk Embroidery of a Basket of Flowers, circa 1835
Located in Philadelphia, PA
published in the period.
Samplers and needlework are our specialty. If you are interested in
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Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Rare Early 18th Century Embroidered Lady's Pocket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
rich embroidery. The ground is fairly covered with a wonderful period device, faux-quilted vermicelli
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Antique Early 18th Century English Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Excellent Early Boston Canvaswork Picture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and published in GIRLHOOD EMBROIDERY by Betty Ring.
Samplers and
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Decorative Art
Silkwork Picture, Italian Landscape, Early 19th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
now accompanies the embroidery.
Worked in chenille, silk and watercolor on silk, it is in excellent
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Antique Early 1800s Italian Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Handsome New Hampshire Sampler Dated 1805
Located in Philadelphia, PA
about these samplers in Girlhood Embroidery, vol. I, indicates that “At the turn of the new century, a
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Antique Early 1800s American Folk Art Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal embroidery sampler for your home. A embroidery sampler — often made from fabric, wood and cotton — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer embroidery sampler, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each embroidery sampler bearing folk art hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made embroidery sampler over the years, but those crafted by Betty Ring are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Embroidery Sampler?
Prices for a embroidery sampler start at $180 and top out at $2,995 with the average selling for $1,500.
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