Scarlet Letter Cross Stitch Patterns

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A Peacock, a Unicorn & a Badger - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$35.00  $3289
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A needlework picture designed after an early eighteenth century canvas work piece, featuring a tree, two unicorns, a peacock, a badger and more!

Stitched over two threads on 40 count linen of your choice, the finished size will measure approximately 16" x 17". Cross and counted... Read more
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Ann Grimshaw 1818 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$26.00  $2443
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This reproduction sampler is from the Ackworth Quaker School and is dated 1818. It is rated for beginners.

Linen count and finished size: 35 or 40 count; 18-3/4" x 24-1/2" or 16-1/2" x 21-1/2". Stitch count is 330 X 430.

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A Parrot, A Leopard, A Lion - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$28.00  $2632
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Note from the designer - "This design was inspired by an early eighteenth century English picture executed in tent stitch." The designs features a lion, a leopard and a parrot surrounded by bright flowers.

The design is stitched over one thread on 35 Ct. linen. It uses cross stitch,... Read more
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Eleanor Parr 1816 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$30.00  $2819
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Note from the designer - "Eleanor Parr created this amazing and unique sampler some time before 1835. The border of birds encircled by vines and leaves is unprecedented. Fleurs de lys embellish each of the four corners surrounding a central reserve containing a traditional verse, floral sprays... Read more
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Grace Kemish circa 1816 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$26.00  $2443
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"Jesus permit thy Gracious name to stand as the first effort of an infant hand. And while her fingers on the canvas move, engage her tender thoughts to seek thy love. With thy dear children, let her have a part and write thy name thyself upon her heart."
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Joanna Warren 1655 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$23.00  $2161
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Note from the designer: "This densely worked sampler displays exquisite detail and contains many of the most popular needlework motifs of the seventeenth century. The flowers are realistically shaded to achieve a natural look."

Finished size on 35 count linen is 7 1/4" x 25... Read more
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The Huntsman - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$21.00  $1973
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Note from the designer - "The design of this piece was inspired by fine examples of early eighteenth century American and English needlework pictures. A picture like this would have been stitched as a painting, with great attention to detail, shading, color, and composition." The design... Read more
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And All Was For An Appil - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$29.00  $2725
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A 17th Century English sampler featuring Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden. "And all was for an appil." Rated for beginners.

Linen count and finished size: 35 count, 13-1/4" x 16-3/4".

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Jane Atkinson circa 1780 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$28.00  $2632
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Note from the designer - This needlework was designed after an English sampler in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston. The lush border flowers are similar to those on a sampler made by Sarah Brignell from around the same period, suggesting the existence of a school or teacher whose... Read more
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Dorcas Haynes 1720 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$28.00  $2631
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Note from the designer - This is the most symmetrical, balanced, counted thread sampler that we have ever charted from. It is also one of the most satisfying, challenging, and beautiful samplers in the world. Originally worked on a fine wool ground, the colors of our reproduction have been matched... Read more
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Man Dogs and Deer - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$35.00  $3289
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Flora and fauna were highly celebrated in nearly all 17th and 18th century pictorial embroideries. Executed entirely in cross or tent (half cross) stitches, the embroidered pictures embellished cushions and furniture and reflected a changing attitude toward domestic comforts, by serving to brighten... Read more
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Wisdom and Innocence Bell Pull - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$20.00  $1889
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The canvaswork piece from which this bell pull was derived is a book cover, and dates to the first quarter of the 17th century. square tent stitched vignettes, reproduced here in the panels of the bell pull covered the book's spine vertically. It seems appropriate that the allegorical figures of... Read more
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Betsy Davis 1797 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$30.00  $2819
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Made in Providence, Rhode Island, this sampler is a superb example of the work done at Miss Mary (Polly) Balch's school, one of the most important female learning institutions in America at that time. Combining sophisticated architectural, landscape and figural motifs with elaborate and unusual... Read more
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MS Dated 1752 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$29.00  $2729
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This mid-eighteenth-century Scottish band sampler features many classic seventeenth-century patterns, executed in cross, eyelet, double running, counted satin, back, and queen stitches.

The virtually unfaded color was reproduced from the front of the sampler. Six pattern bands precede... Read more
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Elizabeth Sheffield 1784 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$23.00  $2161
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Note from the designer - "Rhode Island samplers were among the first American schoolgirl embroideries to be recognized by serious collectors and textile scholars as a distinctive group with extraordinary visual appeal. The Sheffield sampler is delicately worked with an unusually pleasing... Read more
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Camel and Lion - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$25.00  $2349
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This sampler features a lion, a camel, and large colorful flowers. The design was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. linen and is suitable for all skill levels. The stitch count for each design is 244 W x 230 H.
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Sarah Dutnel 1818 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$22.00  $2067
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Note from the designer - "At age nine in 1818, Sarah Dutnel created this unusual "tree of life" sampler. A traditional carnation and tulip border in subtle, earthy shades of gold, brown, and cream surrounds the tree. Dogs, deer, birds, stars, potted plants, trees and flowers flank the... Read more
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A New England Sampler Worked on Green Linen, c 1810
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$15.00  $1409
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Note from the designer - "Few samplers were stitched on this unusual dark green linsey woosey fabric that combines linen and wool to create a dramatic dark background color to highlight brightly colored floss. Most of these samplers were made in the coastal towns of Massachusetts up to New... Read more
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Fishing Lady - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$15.00  $1409
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Note from the designer: "Our own original design created in collaboration with Terry Meinke, draws upon the needlework traditions of two centuries, in both England and America. The idyllic landscape and more naturalistic figures (as opposed to the blocky shapes of later figures on American... Read more
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Four Angels Mourning Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$22.00  $2067
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Note from the designer: "Mourning pictures were not an uncommon art form in England and America during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Evolving from European commemorative art honoring deceased heroes, mourning pictures were a cherished way to remember loved ones, designed to... Read more
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Spot Motif Embroidered Picture 1640 Cross Stitch Pattern
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$33.00  $3099
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This extraordinary piece of seventeenth century needlework was originally executed with fine silks on a linen ground, in tent stitch, and is composed of many different slips" or spot motifs, cleverly fitted together. Many of these motifs have symbolic and/or heraldic significance, and they can... Read more
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Rose Shenamon Mitchell 1816 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$22.00  $2068
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Rose's unusual middle name should have provided some clues about where she was born, and where she lived, but the name "Shenamon" is elusive despite my efforts to discover its origins as well as hers. It is spelled many different ways when researched (including Shinimon and Schinnamon which... Read more
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Agnes Binnie 1824 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$27.00  $2539
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Agnes Binnie was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, on March 22, 1808, to Robert Binnie and Mary Addie. She married James Barclay on March 16, 1832, in Falkirk, Stirlingshire. The couple had at least six sons and three daughters. Around 1870 they emigrated to Scotland Township in McDonough, Illinois.... Read more
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Jane Smith 1814 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$29.00  $2729
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This wonderfully symmetrical English sampler features a pair of silky floating swans and large twin sunflowers, executed in a rich natural palette of color. Birds fly over the tops of three flower-trees in the top third. A sumptuous basket of fruit is stitched between the golden swans, and towering... Read more
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Needlework Panel of a Fruit Tree With Two Animals- Pattern
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$29.00  $2729
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This colorful William III English needlework vignette is executed entirely in gros and petit point stitches (cross stitch over one and two threads of linen). It depicts a large gros point fruiting tree above a scene with very finely stitched petit point leaves, flowers, and two animals, the larger... Read more
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Margaret Reid 1837- Cross Stitch Pattern
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$29.00  $2729
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The original Scottish antique sampler had never been framed and so it was in excellent condition with the same vibrant, unfaded colors on the front as well as on the back. An unusual, elaborate four-sided undulating floral and leaf border surrounds a central reserve with a brief moral verse. Adam... Read more
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Emma Miles 1848 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$29.00  $2729
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The original sampler, made in England in 1848, was stitched with cross, counted satin, petit point, and eyelet stitches on an extremely fine glazed linen of approximately fifty threads per inch.

It is unusual to find such a meticulously and finely stitched sampler at this late date, when... Read more
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Rachel Jarratt circa 1760 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$34.00  $3199
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A sampler from the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England.

Skill and expertise in sampler-making did not necessarily peak in the mid-to-late seventeenth century and then wane during what is often called the "golden age" of English sampler-making. These skills... Read more
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Hannah Mosher 1798 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$10.00  $939
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Note from the designer: "Hannah Mosher was born March 12th, 1786, in Hollis, New Hampshire, the fourth and last child of Abijah and Hannah Mosher. On March 7, 1813, she married the Rev. Walter Chapin of Woodstock, Vermont. Apart from this sketchy biographical information, found in the History of... Read more
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IES German Sampler 1704 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$20.00  $1879
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Note from the designer: "This intricate and involved sampler features many traditional German sampler motifs dating from the sixteenth century including a large parrot, a peacock with silver tips on its wings, the Lamb of God, as well as a depiction of the Crucifixion flanked by Mother Mary and... Read more
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Janet Carsels 1787 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$14.00  $1315
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This sampler was made in Scotland and includes many of the traditional motifs associated with samplermaking in this region. Firstly, Janet has included many initials of family members. However the initials at the center- G R 3 -refer to the then-reigning monarch, King George III. The flowering... Read more
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Katie Sym 1769 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$15.00  $1409
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This is a very finely stitched classic Scottish sampler featuring three complete rows of beautifully illuminated letters, an arcaded floral band as well as other traditional motifs including peacocks, birds drinking at the fountain of life, feather trees and family initials. A four sided berry... Read more
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Katharine Mitchel circa 1785 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$25.00  $2349
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Note from the designer: "This Scottish sampler is a riot of brilliant color and intricate motifs, from the Scotsman in his kilt playing a traditional dulcimer (which looks like a butter churn) in the upper left, to an elaborate mansion house fronted by a three dimensional turkeywork lawn in the... Read more
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Judeth Payne 1668 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$15.00  $1409
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Note from the designer: "This small and brilliantly preserved band sampler demonstrates a wide variety of stitches found on many seventeenth century samplers. The beautifully shaded flower heads and leaves are filled in with connecting tiers of trellis stitch."

Finished size on 35... Read more
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Dorothy Walpole 1774 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$25.00  $2349
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This Irish Quaker sampler features an alphabet at the tope, verse, bands, and flowers. The verse reads "Great Almighty God above plant in my heart a fund of love, that I my mercies may adore and bless and praise thee evermore."

Model is stitched on 40 ct linen using either cotton or silk floss. Stitch count is 181 x 477.

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Rebecca Robinson 1821 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$15.00  $1409
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Note from the designer - "An intensely stitched and well-planned sampler, this unusual piece probably originated in Pennsylvania. The allegorical figure hovering over the house could represent Liberty. The unconnected border of floating honeysuckle is unique, as well as the little pastoral vignettes in the lower register." Rated for beginners.

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Susan Singleton - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$20.00  $1879
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Note from the designer - "Designed after a mid-eighteenth century New Hampshire sampler, this piece is delightfully naive with its oversized animals, insects, and birds. Around 1760, the New-Hampshire Gazette began publishing advertisements for girls' schools, placed by female instructresses,... Read more
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The Manifesto - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$35.00  $3289
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Note from the designer - "Designed after an early eighteenth century tent stitched picture, this expansive needlework scene depicts many episodes in the life of an affluent English family including its elaborate parterre and gardens, a stately brick and stone house, domestic, exotic and wild... Read more
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Ann Whittaker 1790 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$29.00  $2725
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Note from the designer - "ANN WHITTAKER created an almost comically theatrical sampler depicting Adam and Eve, angels, pious verses, and elaborate meandering vines beneath dramatic multi-colored draperies and tassels. Hovering over the verse which is framed by large columns, are two angels with... Read more
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Amanda Jewel 1816 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$12.00  $1127
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Note from the designer - "This sampler was made in St. Albans, Vermont. A naturalistic four-sided floral border surrounds a central reserve with alphabets and a pictorial scene. The house is so distinctive that it is probably a depiction of Amanda's own home. Made under the tutelage of B.... Read more
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Ann Harding 1821 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$10.00  $939
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Note from the designer - "This Dover, Massachusetts, sampler features an unusual border surrounding alphabetical and numerical tests, and a four-line verse often found on early 19th century American samplers. The colors are remarkably well preserved. The maker, Ann Harding (who was actually... Read more
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EN 1657 A 17th Century Band Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$12.00  $1127
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Band samplers of the 17th century exhibit the widest range of stitches and techniques. Counted thread stitches on linen were artfully combined with panels of floral, geometric, or figural cut and drawn work- a technique where the background threads of linen are carefully bound, then cut and pulled... Read more
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Frances Marshall 1838 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$14.00  $1315
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What makes this early Victorian English sampler so intriguing are the wonderfully naive figures of Adam, Eve and St. Michael flanking the Tree of Life. St. Michael's sword is drawn to slay the serpent, but he hardly looks formidable with his large feet and doughy body. Playskool-like Adam and Eve... Read more
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Elizabeth Eyles 1799 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$21.00  $1973
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Note from the designer - "This sweet English sampler is the first I've ever seen with a border made up of flying cherubs. It also features a "geode" (mosaic) parrot- a distinctively stylized bird that appears on other samplers made in England, New England, and the Netherlands throughout... Read more
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Elizabeth Shephard 1820 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$12.00  $1127
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Note from the designer - "Acquired in England, one might assume that this classic Quaker motif sampler was made at the Ackworth School in Yorkshire. However the influence of the designs promulgated by the Quaker School needleworkers stretched far beyond the confines of the school's walls. This... Read more
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Sarah Tatum - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$22.00  $2067
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This reproduction sampler is from the Ackworth Quaker School and is dated 1800. It is rated for beginners.

Linen count and finished size: 35 or 40 count using either cotton or silk floss, 19" x 21" or 17" x 18-1/2"

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Bird in Bough - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$12.00  $1127
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This 19th century American reproduction sampler features a brown bird on a tree branch. Rated for beginners. Model stitched on 35 count hand dyed linen using either cotton or silk thread. Stitch count is 110 x 150. Finished size: 6-1/4" x 8-1/2".
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Elizabeth Masterton 1838 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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$26.00  $2443
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Note from the designer - "Typical of so many Scottish samplers, Elizabeth Masterton's features an abundance of initials (likely familial), rows of evergreen trees, peacocks with seven tail feathers, and the now famous mansion house fronted by a pillared fence and gates enclosing sheep. Apart... Read more


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