Antique Samplers

Sweet English sampler with a four sided berry border centering an eight line verse and various spot motifs including parrots, butterflies, geese and potted plants, with a curious little building at the bottom center that could be a chapel, a gatehouse or a folly. The verse comes from “Hymns for Children” by Charles Wesley (published…

An English sampler featuring an elaborate building, “Sheffield General Infirmary” flanked by a nicely outfitted couple, standing on grassy lawns and a driveway. There is a four sided floral border, and a verse: O that my load of sin were goneO that i Could at last submitAt Jesus Feet to lay it DownTo lay my…

Elizabeth Graham stitched her sampler on homespun linen. and apparently the sampler was never framed but safely stored away. The colors of the silk on the back of the sampler are the same as on the front. The sampler has been float mounted on linen in a period style frame. The stitches used in the…

English pictorial sampler worked in fine silk on tammy cloth featuring Adam and Eve and the Tree of Life at the center, with bucolic country scenes below including a four storey mansion house, a gentleman farmer with his dog, fields with cows and sheep and a pond. Surrounding the central Adam and Eve are many…

An English sampler very finely worked on linen with silk. featuring a four sided multi floral border surrounding a central reserve with large trees, squirrels, potted flowers, trees, and a verse: The Saviour who in Glory reignsWho made the earth and seasWhose arm unnumbered worlds sustainWas once a child like me He stooped so low…

Probably English sampler stitched on lossely woven linen with a four sided berry border, featuring windmills, human figures, insects, tulips and birds. The verse: Dear Mother I am young and cannot shewSuch work as I unto your goodness oweBe pleased to smile at this my small endeavourI’ll strive to learn and to be obedient ever…

The unusual circling alphabets and brilliant satin stitching distinguish this sampler, probably made in the village of Brozas in Caceres. Extremadura, Spain. The inscription reads: LO HIZO ANTONIA GONZALEZDISCIPVLA DE MISRA M(e) TRADA LVCIA SHZ DE BUSTA-MANTE BROZASSI AGOSTO DE 1842 This says that the sampler was made by Antonia Gonzalez in August of the…

English sampler enclosed by three four sided borders featuring five rows of alphabets and numerals, and three verses. Stitches used are cross and eyelet. The moralistic verses are: Learn to cotemn all praise betimesFor flattery is the nurse of crimesWith early virtue plant thy BreastThe specious Arts of vice detest Virtue is the chiefest beauty…

This intricate and involved sampler features many traditional German sampler motifs dating from the sixteenth century including a large parrot, peacock and lamb of God, as well as a depiction of the crucifixion flanked by two female figures, probably Mother Mary and Mary Magdalen. There are many elaborate floral and geometric pattern bands, three alphabets…

This sampler is stitched with an incredible set of traditional motifs, as I’ve never seen before on one single piece of needlework. The detail is spectacular. Below six rows of alphabets and numerals, including a row of Roman numerals, there are figures of biblical characters, inscriptions, crowns, and many beautifully and finely executed symbolic motifs…

This is a beautiful example of a mid 18th century sampler from Saxony featuring unusual and illuminated alphabets, pattern bands and spot motifs including crowns and flowers. It has been executed in cross and double running stitches on a linen ground. Both the color and the condition are very good to excellent. The sampler measures…

Large sampler, possibly Dutch or French, with cross stitched images of a wheeled cart with produce, a woman carrying a yoke with buckets, an oriental scene with a stylized pagoda, a large bird and central floral basket with lilies. Excellent condition, stitched with silk on linen. 19″x20-1/2″ image, with frame 24″ x 26″ Further initials…