Antique samplers

Explore a collection of exquisite antique samplers that showcase the artistry and craftsmanship of the past. Find inspiration to add a touch of history to your home decor.
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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…

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Teresa Cline Janjanin
Cross Stitch Sampler Patterns, Embroidery Sampler, Embroidery Flowers Pattern, Needlepoint Patterns, Cross Stitch Samplers, Counted Cross Stitch Kits, Cross Stitch Embroidery, Antique Samplers, Cross Stitch Love

In October we celebrating our 15th year as a guild! This is Evalyn G. one of the original members of the group. We are about 60 to 70 members and going strong from all walks of life and far as far away as Connecticut to Tennessee and Wyoming! For our program this month we had members demonstrate some specialty stitches. Sali C-P taught everyone the Bullion Knot. Teresa B. demonstrated the Spiral Trelli. Thanks to both ladies for sharing this information with us. For an online demo of the…

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Sdialoupi
Elizabeth Easton | Embroidered Sampler | American | The Met Embroidery Sampler, Cross Stitch Embroidery, Cross Stitch Patterns, Primitive Embroidery, Embroidery Art, Vintage Samplers, Vintage Needlework, Vintage Embroidery, Vintage Quilts

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

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Susan Brown