Antique samplers

I mentioned yesterday that you could read Marcus Huish's book on Samplers on-line - and now you have enjoyed that, here are another set o...

Sampler, 1821. Italy, 19th century. Embroidery; silk on cotton; overall: 73.7 x 73.7 cm (29 x 29 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Pack McNairy...

Bid Live on Lot 138 in the Fine Art & Interiors, Cardiff Auction from Rogers Jones & Co.

This is a companion piece to a new one that is being released this year at Market...Lucy Calcutt 1826 Age 9 that is equally gorgeous and is sold separately. :: stitch count: 273w x 393h SUPPLIES CAN BE FOUND HERE: :: Fabrics: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thecottageneedle?section_id=15906369 ::

Inscription: [inscribed from top]: (alphabet); Elizabeth / Easton Born / June 8; 1783; (alphabet); When this you see Remember me / and bare me in you[r] mind / What others say When Im away / Speak of me as you find / Elizabeth / Easton / 1795

Bid Live on Lot 2065 in the Live Online Auction - Antiques, Collectables & General Sale including Jewellery and a Large One Owner Collection of N Gauge Model Trains Auction from Eastbourne Auctions.

Today, needlepoint samplers that were done by students – many of them age 10 and under – at Mary Balch’s School can fetch over $100,000 at Sotheby’s auctions; they fill Pinterest pages and have had starring roles on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow. At its heyday, the school – founded by Mary’s mother, Sarah, in the 1780s after the family left Newport when the city was under siege during the Revolution – had over 100 students, many of them boarders, and was one of New England’s best known and…

Kooler Design Studio creates designs for needlecrafts, gifts, interior and exterior architecture, and produces a library of books for hobby craft enthusiasts.

Linen sampler; embroidered with silk; German; about 1550