Past Scarlet Letter Products
A Gallery of Samplers that we offered in the past but have been discontinued.
Ann Wallace 1817
Scottish Samplers
Linen: 36 count Edinburgh “dirty” linen
Finished size: 16-1/2″x24-1/2″
Rated: Intermediate
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Richard Penn circa 1695
Origin and date: Possibly American, circa 1695
Rated: Beginning
Linen count and finished size: 35 count, 8″x9-1/4″
Stitches: Cross, Montenegrin cross, running, and double running
Source: The Scarlet Letter
Susan Dunn 1771
As brightly colored as the original eighteenth century English sampler from which it was derived, this beautiful piece of needlework makes use of a variety of stitches. In the lowermost scene, a lone female figure sits on the trunk of a tree in an idyllic landscape. The octagonal cartouches above the scene appear on some…
Read MoreHK Smith 1822
Origin and date: England (probably Ackworth School) 1822
Rated: Beginning
Linen count and finished size: 35 count, each sampler about 9″x8″
Stitches: Cross, back
Source: Private collection