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Antique Needlework Sampler, Worked at Mrs. Tuft’s School
Charlestown, Massachusetts, Eliza W. Gale, 1813, 12 Years

Eliza stitched an ambitious verse encouraging young women to achieve their “chief enjoyment” through
“regular employment.” The wide arcaded border is typical of Boston area samplers. Listed in American
Samplers by Bolton and Coe, The Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames, 1921; page 160.
(21.74” by 18.75”, view 20.75 by 17.75”, very good condition.)

$2,100.00

324-56

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Antique Needlework Sampler, Elizabeth Stewart / Aged 8 Years / April 23rd / 1842
American, Silk on Linen

The work displays a twin chimney house, trees and birds within border and is in very good condition.
(frame: 15.25" x 13.25"; view: 13.5" x 11.5")

$2,100.00

324-63

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Antique Needlework Sampler, Emily Stark, Groton, Connecticut, Dated 1830
Emily Stark’s Sampler Made in the 11th Year of her Age, August 16th, 1830
Silk on linen

Emily worked this charming sampler with a highly developed border and house at age 11; she was born
in 1820, the third of seven children, all born in Groton, Connecticut to Daniel Stark (born 1762) and his
second wife Betsy Reed (born about 1793) who was 29 years younger than Daniel. (16.25" x 13" sight)

$2,500.00

324-57

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Antique Needlework and Watercolor on Silk, Hagar and Ishmael Picture
New England, Likely Connecticut, circa 1800-1815
Exceptional Federal needlework depicting a scene from the Old Testament

Silk, chenille, and watercolor on silk
Hagar and Ishmael have been cast into the wilderness but fortunately a helpful angel
points to a source of water. Superb condition, not examined out of period gilt frame; ex
Old Print Shop, Cora Ginsburg, Grace and Elliott Snyder.
(Frame-20.5" x 28"; site 12.75" x 20.25")

$6,750.00

240-242

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Antique Needlework Sampler, Birds, Grapes, Tendrils and Leaves on the Vine
Edith Ann White Her Work, Circa 1818, London
Silk-on-silk, excellent condition

Virtually identical to the above displayed and described sampler, smaller scale
Worked at same school as Mary Ann Burn sampler…
(Overall: 14 by 18.25”)

$735.00

1253-4

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Antique Needlework Sampler, Birds, Grapes, Tendrils and Leaves on the Vine
Mary Ann Burn, London, England, “Worked This Sampler May 30th 1818 Aged 11 Years”

Silk-on-silk, very fine condition (Overall: 24.25” by 16 3/8”)
A note on the reverse states that “mary Ann Burn was born 1897 in Westminster. She went on to be a
professional needle-worker living as a lodger to John Shepherd in Bermondsey, London. Mary Ann never
married”. A fine and neatly wrought work within strawberry border; grape motif above a pair of birds
centering a flower spray tied with bowknot beneath is a crown surmounting potted flowers flanked by
bird-topped trees; line of needle workers identification above a row of strawberries over a beautiful
reticulated basket, trees, birds and potted plants. The young lady displays extraordinary skill and
mastery of her craft at a young age. The work is mounted within a bird’s eye maple frame having gilt liner.

$2,300.00

1253-3

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Antique Needlework Picture, Shepherd and Shepherdess, Eighteenth Century
England, circa 1750
Wool and silk tent stitch on linen

A fine, large scale needlework picture featuring a shepherd and
shepherdess tending their flock in a bucolic setting.
(19” x 23.25”
framed; mounted on what is likely a period board;
minor loss/thinning to dark brown in spandrels, else fine and original.)

$3,965.00

240-251

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Needlework Sampler, Village Scene,
By Deborah Stockholm / In the Year 1841
Dutchess County, New York

Wool and floss on linen, verified genealogy on verso
(Fine condition; frame: 18.5 x 12.5"; view: 16.75 x 10.75")

$1,425.00

1253-19

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Needlework Marking Sampler Wrought by Hannah Meserve, Newmarket, NH With Her Reticule, 1820s

Four neatly compartmentalized alphabets above 12-year old Hannah’s signature lines centered by vertical sawtooth borders. (Excellent condition; 23 X 9”)

$1,245.00

1208-6

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Needlework Sampler; Wrought by Sara A. Davis, Likely Maine Sara A. Davis/Her Sampler

The silk on linen sampler having alphabets stitched above flowers and a flying bird. Silk on linen (Frame: 17.75 x 9"; view: 16.25 x 17.25")

$1,550.00

274-207

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Needlework, House Sampler,
Mary Brown, Pennsylvania, Dated 1812
Silk on linen; 19 ¾” x 20” framedSOLD

Mary was a 10-year-old schoolgirl when she worked this impressive house sampler. She included a large brick center-hall house flanked with paired birds, trees, and various flowering motifs and a verse of encouragement for progressive young ladies that still rings true today. “Virtue and wit with science join-d/ Refine the manners form the mind/ And when with industry they meet/ The female character’s complete.”

324-48SOLD

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Sampler, Marking Sampler, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Alphabets, Numerals, Verse
Eliza Robbins / Aged 10 Years / October 14, 1833
Bethlehem / July 31 / 1823

(Fading, light water stain at mid right edge; modern frame: 19.25 by 18.25", sight-size: 17.5 by 16.5")

$1,450

232-307

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Pair of Sisters Samplers, Granville, Massachusetts

Needlework, Sampler, Martia M. Hoisington Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, 1824 Silk on linen Marcia Maria Hoisington Birth: 23 Jul 1812, Suffield, CT (Dimensions: 16.75 by 10.5") 1032-151

Needlework, Sampler, Laura C. Hoisington Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, 1824 Silk on linen Laura C Hoisington Birth: 13 Sep 1815, Granville, MA (Dimensions: 16.5 by 9") 1032-152

$625 for the pair

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Embroidery, Silk on Silk Floral Needlework

19th Century American polychrome needlework in excellent condition
Dimensions: 28.25 by 24-inches.

$925

413-1

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Embroidery, Bird Central Motif
American
Mid 19th C.

Charming cental motif bird on oak branch, surrounded by several sampler designs.
In early black reeded frame; minor damage in the left bottom corner.
(Frame: 13.75 by 13.75"; view: 11.75 by 11.75")

$495

1032-30

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Needlework, Sampler, Minerva Beach, Aged 8 Years
Litchfield, Connecticut, 1807, Family History Available

Silk on linen, in lemon gold frame, darned in a number of spots.
(Dimensions: 12.25 by 11.75" frame, 10.75 by 10.5" sight-size)

$375

1032-131

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Embroidery, Roses

Stain upper right corner, initials CMY and AFA.
(Frame: 11.25 by 9”, sight-size: 8.5 by 6.75”)

$175

1032-129

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Silkwork, Printwork, Oval, Embroidery

Some missing areas top right.
(Frame: 7.5 by 6.25”, sight-size: 5 by 3.75”)

$175

1032-150

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Previous Offerings or Gone to New Homes

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Marking Sampler, Polly White, Salem, 18th Century
A little girls marking sampler SOLD

(New Frame: 8.5 by 8”, sight-size: 7.5 by 7”)

 

1096-64 SOLD

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17th Century Tent Stich Embroidery,
QUEEN of SHEBA visiting KING SOLOMON
English, Circa 1660
Silk, pearls, braids and metallic thread on linen; 16 1/8" x 20 1/4" framed - SOLD

This fine tent-stitch picture depicts the Queen of Sheba (now the country of Yemen) visiting King Solomon: circa 1000 BCE and was worked in England around 1660. Executed with variety of colored silk threads in extremely fine tent-stitch; selvedge features twisted metallic thread…the piece is representative of the finest needlework of the period. According to the Bible, the Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon: in Jerusalem to observe the splendor of his new temple and test his famed wisdom with hard philosophical questions and riddles. During Solomon’s reign this type of quizzing was fashionable entertainment among the elite. Solomon: was known as the great solver of riddles and it is likely that the Queen of Sheba also shared his passion.
(Generally excellent condition, couple small losses at extreme edges)

 

324-46 - SOLD

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Sampler, Embroidered Needlework, Massachusetts
House Sampler, Animals, People, Birds, Verse
Elizabeth Walker, Barre, Massachusetts, August 6 1808
Lovely, neatly wrought; good color and clean
This item just in, more information to follow, please call if interested - SOLD

(Frame: 20.25 by 20.25"; view: 17.25 by 17.25")

593-61 - SOLD

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Needlework, Family Record, Floral, New Hampshire, New Ipswich, 1830 Wrought by Elizabeth T. Sanderson, New Ipswich, AD 1830 Silk floss on fine linen - SOLD

Meandering floral border typical of New Hampshire; undulating leafy vine displaying lush flowers predominantly wrought it shades of blue. (The view area is 16.25” square; there is a stain just above “Family Record” else fine. We have not examined to work out of frame)

497-131 - SOLD

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Embroidery, Silk on Linen Canvas-work, Shepherdess Seated in Landscape
England, circa 1740; possibly earlier
Satin floss worked with silk threads worked in a fine variety of stitches - SOLD

The seated shepherdess holds a crook in one hand, a flower in the other; she is centered by flora and fauna including birds, snail, her dog; sheep, flowers, trees, and a sun-face dipping below clouds. The work is sealed within a japanned fame having the collectors’ label of Ria Ponsonby (born Victoria Lily Hegan Kennard [1874-1955], daughter of Colonel Hegan Kennard) who married Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Synsonby 17 May, 1899. Ponsonby was private secretary to Queen Victoria and later Edward VII. (The work is in very good condition; some scattered gesso loss to gilt frame liner. Frame: 15 by 12”, sight-size: 12.5 by 9.5”)

1032-124 - SOLD

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Needlework Sampler, Townsend, Massachusetts, Wrought 1824, Lucy Pierce
Aged 11 Years, Born October 15 – 1813 - SOLD

Marking sampler, 3 alphabets, fruited plant centered by basket of flowers and stylized tree; Frame: 14.25 by 10.75"; view: 13.25 by 9.75".

1032-53 - SOLD

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Seventeenth Century English Needlework, Embroidered Sampler, Fine and Clean
Wrought by MB, 1658, Silk Floss on Linen - SOLD

(Frame: 34 by 8”)

1136-2 - SOLD

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Needlework Sampler, Marking Sampler and Family Record, Mitchel
Danvers, Massachusetts, Wrought by Rebecca Mitchel, 1818, Aged 12
Neatly wrought border, alphabets, family record and verse - SOLD

(Generally very good with no holes; staining at top left; minor stain at bottom left, else fine; frame: 23.5 by 23.5"; view: 16.25 by 16.25")

1104-2 - SOLD

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Embroidery, Silk Embroidery on Laid Paper, Girl with Birds, Treed Landscape
Anonymous, 18th or Early 19th Century
A charming young ladies effort - SOLD

(Good condition; mounted within period painted frame; frame: 10.75 by 9", sight-size: 8.5 by 6.75")

1032-127 - SOLD

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Needlework, Sampler, Polly Howard, Age 12
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, 1799
Silk on green linsey, some losses to silk - SOLD

Polly's family history is written on the back of the frame.
The border was torn and could not be framed; fortunately much was saved.

Polly Howard Aged Twelve 1799
How Blest The Maid Whom Circling / Years Improve Her God The
Object Of Her Warmest Love Whose Useful Hours / Successive As
They Glide The Book The / Needle And The Pen Divide
(Dimensions: 11 by 11" frame, 9.75 by 9.75" sight-size)

1032-137 - SOLD

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Needlework, Sampler, Ann Elliott
Worked in the 12th Year of her Age, 1803
New England, possibly New Hampshire
Silk on linen - SOLD

This marking sampler-embroidery featuring double alphabet and numerals, above two baskets of flowers and birds centering a young girl holding a flower spray, all within floral border. The work remains in good condition with only minor thread loss and one small hole at the foot of basket on right. (Frame: 18.5 x 17.75 inches; view: 16.75 x 16.25 inches)

274-109 - SOLD

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Woolwork Picture, American Sailor's Woolie, Wooly [sic], American Flags
Mid 19th Century
Underway in rough sea - SOLD

An exceedingly rare skillfully wrought needlework design featuring a port side view of an American ship under sail flying her colors, and a red, white, and blue banner flutters from her main mast. The work is mounted within original molded and gilt frame; original backboards. In generally excellent condition other than some overall fading. (Frame: 20 by 24.75"; view: 17 by 22")

935-3 - SOLD

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Samplers, Pair, Done by Sisters
1817 - SOLD

Almira, age 14, and Eveline, age 13, worked these samplers in Worcester County in 1817.
The sisters were born in West Bolyston, MA (genealogy available).
They are worked with silk on linen.
Dimensions: 11.5 by 10" frames, 10 by 8.5" sight-sizes.

1032-25 - SOLD

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Applique and Embroidery Still Life, Fruits and Birds
Probably English
19th Century - SOLD

Birds, baskets of cherries and strawberries; grapes, pineapple, melon and other fruits worked in cut and applied wool with embroidered detail. (The period frame measures 23 by 19.25"; view: 20.5 by 16.75")

384-48 - SOLD

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Needlework, The Story of Abraham
England
18th Century English Canvas Work
Wool on canvas - SOLD

This anonymous work is most likely copied form a print source and tells the story of Abraham. He is depicted in the center with Hagar, his wife's handmaiden, by who he fathered the child Ishmael (Sarah's idea) who she is holding by the hand. Sarah, his wife, standing under the tent holding her son Isaac by the hand, waves them aside. Banished to the desert Hagar is seen praying while Ishmael sleeps, and the angel of the Lord points to a well.

The scene includes numerous 17th century emblematic birds and insects. A pond with fish and birds and the ubiquitous castle complete the image.
(16.75 by 20.75" sight-size, 22.5 by 26.5" frame)

324-44 - SOLD

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Silk Embroidery, Shepherd and Shepherdess and Lady
Worked by Rebecca Green Butler
Connecticut, Circa 1800 to 1810 - SOLD

Silk on silk embroidery worked using a wide variety of stitches. Although the faces are worn the needlework is exquisite.
Dimensions: 16 by 17-inch sight size, add 2.5-inches for frame.
Genealogy available.

903-4 - SOLD

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