Continental

Samplers of northern Europe are often less symmetrical than their English and American counterparts. The emphasis is more on symbolic representations or pattern records than stitch variety or pictorial formula. Religious symbols are found on almost all continental samplers, and Adam and Eve in particular is the principal motif on samplers from Protestant Northern Germany. Other frequently used motifs on this body of samplers include the Spies of Canaan carrying their cluster of grapes, the wreath carried by two crowned angels, the Free Maiden, Dutch lion, spinning monkey, Lamb of God, ships, anchors, carnations, roosters, birds and hearts, and stags, all having religious symbolic meanings. In general, cross stitch is the primary stitch used in the creation of these samplers.

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ACL Danish Sampler 1790
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AED Germany 1746
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Afghani Belt
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Anniken Christensen Simensen 1768
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Antonia Gonzalez Spanish Sampler 1842
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B 1824 European Spot Motif Sampler
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Black Gryphon
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CB: dated 1854
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Continental Sampler dated 1744
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Dona Dorothea Gazano y Garcia
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Dutch Sampler of 1773
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Dutch Sampler of 1819/1820 By I.D.
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FAK-MEK 1779
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FWSA 1826 an Italian sampler
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G S D Holland 1684
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German (Saxon) Alphabet Sampler, circa 1750
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