Samplings: XXV by M. Finkel & Daughter

VOLUME XXV

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est. 1947

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detail of sampler by Ann Hollensbee, England, 1772, page 8.

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Welcome to Volume XXV of Samplings, our catalogue of antique samplers and needlework ... We hope that you enjoy this, our 25th issue, and we thank all of you for your continued and growing interest in this field. The field of schoolgirl samplers and needlework provides fascinating opportunities to collectors. A sampler acts as a window into the specific history of a young girl, her family, a teacher, a town, a region, and a tradition, and as such provides us with unusual insight. It goes without saying that samplers, from a simple marking piece to an elaborate scene, are also extremely visually appealing with remarkable texture and individuality. Each of our samplers has been fully researched and documented; it is well-known that we both conduct ourselves and have others engage in intensive genealogical research and often achieve important results. When we describe a sampler or silk embroidery, we frequently refer to a number of fine books that have been written in this field. A selected bibliography is included at the end of the catalogue and is updated regularly. If any of these books prove difficult to procure, let us know and perhaps we can assist in locating them. We also include a description page about our conservation methods and encourage you to call us with any questions in this area. This year marks the 58th anniversary of the founding of our firm. We continue to value our positive relationships with clients, many of whom are now second generation, and strive to maintain our commitment to customer service. Buying antiques should be based in large measure on trust and confidence, and we try to treat each customer as we ourselves like to be treated. We operate by appointment and are at the shop five days a week, except when we are exhibiting at antiques shows. Please let us know of your plans to visit us. We suggest that you contact us in a timely fashion if one or more of our samplers is of interest to you. Should your choice be unavailable, we suggest that you discuss your collecting objectives with any one of us. Our inventory is extensive, and we have many items not included in our catalogue. Moreover, through our sources, we may be able to locate the sampler that you are looking for; you will find us knowledgeable and helpful. Payment may be made by check, VISA, Mastercard, or American Express, and we ask for payment with your order. Pennsylvania residents should add 6% sales tax. All items are sold with a five day return privilege. Expert packing is included: shipping and insurance costs are extra. We prefer to ship via UPS second day air or Federal Express insured. We look forward to your phone calls and your interest. www.samplings.com Please check our website for frequent updates

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ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF CONTENTS Band Sampler, Germany, 1764................................................................................................................................................. page 30 Lydia Bartlett, Frankfort, Maine, 1828 ................................................................................................................................. page 2 Helen Brown, Torphichen, Scotland, 1857........................................................................................................................ page 28 Frances S. Chapman, Bethel, Maine, circa 1845 .......................................................................................................... page 23 Charlotte and Werter, Folwell School, Philadelphia, circa 1810 ............................................................................ page 10 Maria Cheston, Tullytown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, 1810 ....................................................................................... page 25 Sarah Ann Crane, West Bloomfield, Essex Co., New Jersey, 1829 ......................................................................... page 26 Darning Sampler, the Netherlands, 1791 ........................................................................................................................... page 32 Harriet Dector, View of Mount Vernon, Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, 1838 ..................................................... page 21 Catherine Deidrick, Pennsylvania, 1829 .............................................................................................................................. page 29 Margaret A. Duff, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1832 ........................................................................................................... page 1 Hannah Erden, England, 1817 .................................................................................................................................................. page 35 Rebecca Ann Garrett, Elizabeth Passmore teacher, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1822 ....................... page 19 Susannah Geiselman, York or Adams County, Pennsylvania, circa 1833 .......................................................... page 2 Ann Hollensbee, England, 1772 ............................................................................................................................................... page 8 Ruth Homan, Barber school, Marblehead, Massachusetts, circa 1806 ............................................................... page 7 Elizabeth Woodwell Hunt, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1807 .............................................................................. page 13 Hannah Stickney Johnson, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1826 ............................................................................ page 16 Mary Johnson, Wilmington, Delaware, school of Mary Askew, 1798 ................................................................... page 11 Lydia Kimball, Moravian, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1827 ............................................................................................ page 28 Antonie Kinnell, northern Europe, circa 1820 ................................................................................................................ page 16 Mary Susannah Lambeth, England, 1780 ........................................................................................................................... page 5 Sarah Levy, Richmond, Virgina, 1847................................................................................................................................... page 6 M. Marsden, Duxbury Hall, England, 1827 ........................................................................................................................ page 15 Elizabeth McGrew, Ann Thorn school, Smithfield, Ohio, 1830 .............................................................................. page 12 Ellen O'Neaill, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1842 ........................................................................................................ page 20 Pattern Block Sampler, Germany, circa 1750 ................................................................................................................... page 27 Bristol Orphanage Sampler by Ada Pullan, Ashley Down, Bristol, England, dated 1888 ......................... page 18 Jane Robinson, Dublin, Ireland, circa 1835 ...................................................................................................................... page 24 Mary Roe, Branchville, New Jersey, 1834 ........................................................................................................................... page 33 Marion Eliza Rollins, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1830 ................................................................................................. page 23 Mary Garlick Ryland, King William County, Virginia, circa 1838 ......................................................................... page 3 Sally Sargent, Amesbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1804 ................................................................................ page 34 Elizabeth Searle, Knitted Pinball, England, 1801 .......................................................................................................... page 24 Sarah Smith, England, circa 1800 .......................................................................................................................................... page 13 Sophocles Appearing before the Magistrate of Athens, France, circa 1800 ...................................................... page 22 Susan Springer, Maytown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1831 ...................................................................... page 31 Hannah Tall cot, Nine Partners School, Quaker, Dutchess Co., NY, 1810 ......................................................... page 4 Charlotte Turner, Liberated African, Bathurst, Sierra Leone, 1831 ..................................................................... page 17 Angelina Upton, Dracut, Massachusetts, 1825 ................................................................................................................. page 14 Elizabeth Wood, Pennsylvania, 1831 ..................................................................................................................................... page 9

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Margaret A. Duff, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1832 We are very pleased to offer this exceptional sampler, which exhibits a great naivete and strong folky character. It is one of a group of five known samplers, all worked in Wheeling, West Virginia, in the late 1820s and early 1830s which are defined by the same bold house with side columns, large patriotic eagle, wreathenclosed heart and many other distinctive motifs. Another of these samplermakers, whose 1 31 sampler is in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum, names Wheeling and gives credit within her inscription to her teacher, who bore the initials CMT. This teacher and her pupils created a body of work that compares well to the finest American samplers created from New England down to the mid Atlantic states, and it is hoped that ongoing research will reveal the identity of this talented and creative instructress. Margaret included some details on her sampler that render it unique even within this group; note in particular the tiny figure of a woman at the opened front door of the house and the smoke emanating from its chimney. Visual strength is also derived from the many trees, baskets of flowers and pairs of birds. These samplermakers seem to have a proclivity towards verse that is maudlin to such a degree as to be humorous. Margaret predicts that, 11 These youthful hands I now employ I Worms of dust will soon destroy. 11 Margaret A. Duff was likely the daughter of John and Martha (Henderson) Duff of Wheeling and Belmont Co., Ohio which is just over the Ohio River and was accessed by ferry. The Duff family had lived in southern Pennsylvania prior to settling in Wheeling. Worked in silk on linen, the sampler is in excellent condition, and it has been conservation mounted into a fine period maple frame. Sampler size: 17Yz'' square

Price: $38,000.

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Susannah Geiselman, York or Adams County, Pa., circa 1833 This excellent little sampler has much to recommend it: strong graphics, one of the loveliest borders to be found on a 19th century sampler and documentation of both the maker and teacher. After concluding her sixline poem with the hopes that we will remember her kindly as we examine the labours of her youthful hands, Susannah inscribed her date of birth and credited her teacher, Lydia Ann Kesselring. Birds, trees and a basket of fruit decorate the sampler, but it is the outstanding queen's-stitched border that commands one's attention.

Sampler size: 10" x 8X"

Price: $5800.

Research of both student and teacher leads us to attribute the origin of this sampler to southern Pennsylvania. Susannah was the daughter of Daniel and Margaret Geiselman of York County, and in 1840 she married Jesse Spangler, a farmer, and they settled in Adams County. Teacher Lydia Ann Kesselring was born in 1810, married in 1839 and lived in Gettysburg, Adams County, until her death in 1880. The sampler was worked in silk on linen and is in excellent condition, conservation mounted into a fine period cherry cornerblock frame.

Lydia Bartlett, Frankfort, Maine, 1828 Lydia Bartlett's sampler was made in Frankfort, a small town in Maine between Belfast and Bangor. It is generally thought that more basic samplers such as this one were made by young girls; however, Lydia states on her work that she was 18 years old and provides details as to her birthdate and place. Note that she initially misspelled "Maine" and later inserted the letter "i". Its many alphabets as well as the inscription were worked with deep blue silk, lending a handsome and graphic quality to the sampler. The capital letter "A" as it appears in two of the alphabets indicates the pervasive continuity of this early form, with the crossbar at the peak of the letter. Worked in silk on linen, the sampler is in excellent condition and has been conservation mounted into Sampler size: 812'' x 15W' Price: $1850. an oak frame.

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_lary Garlick Ryland, King William County, Virginia, c. 1838

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. lary Garlick Ryland was born in 1825 to William Semple Ryland (1798-1861) and Elizabeth Garlick Ryland 02-1 826), who lived near the town of Aylett on the family plantation in King William County, northeast o ·Richmond. Mary inscribed her parents' names on her sampler along with those of her stepmother, sister and the initials of her half-sister. Both the Garlick and Ryland families were quite prominent, and Mary's uncle, Rev. Robert Ryland, was considered the foremost Baptist minister in the country, a founder and presient of Richmond College (now University of Richmond) and pastor of the First Mrican Church. _lary would have made this sampler at approximately 13 years of age and may have attended the Rumford Academy, which was a highly regarded school located five miles from the town of Aylett. Mary married Albert Hill and they became the parents of four children. Mary died in 1898. \ Jrginia samplers have been the subject of much scholarly study in the past several years culminating in an invaluable book, In the Neatest Manner: The Making of the Virginia Sampler Tradition by Kimberly Smith lvey of Colonial Williamsburg. Mary Garlick Ryland's sampler is a recent discovery and a fine addition to this body of work. The sampler was worked in silk on linen and is in very good condition, conservation mounted into a period mahogany cornerblock frame with brass rosettes. Sampler size: 15W' x 17"

Price: $26,500.

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Hannah Tallcot, Nine Partners School, Quaker, Dutchess Co., New York, 1810 In December 1796, a Quaker boarding school, under the auspices of the New York Yearly Meeting, opened its doors in the village of Mechanic, Dutchess County, NY. It was known as the Nine Partners School, taking its name from the tract of land on which the school was built, part of a 1697 land grant to a group of nine partners. For its first five years, the administrators were Joseph Tallcot and his wife Sarah Hawxhurst Tall cot, both of whom were lifelong leaders in the field of Quaker education and temperance; additionally Joseph authored many articles, books, religious tracts and memoirs. This school was the first successful American coeducational boarding school and served as a template for many Quaker schools in the early United States. Samplermaking was taught to its female students and the school developed a distinctive style of marking sampler typified by alphabets within a narrow border; Nine Partner School samplers are thusly highly recognizable. In 1807 the Tallcots removed to Scipio, a town in Cayuga County, where they were instrumental in the establishment of a new meetinghouse and school. Their daughter, Hannah, who was born in 1796, remained at Nine Partners School and worked this sampler which she dated, in the Quaker style, the "8 of 7 month 1810." Hannah attended the school for at least three more years as an 1813 letter in the archives of the Friends Historic Library at Swarthmore College attests. Written by Hannah's older brother, Daniel, it is addressed to Hannah at Nine Partners Boarding School and speaks of various friends, family and advice regarding spending one's time in the acquisition of different branches of learning. The ancestry of this family includes Gov. Joseph Tallcot of Connecticut, whose son, Nathan, was the first Quaker Tallcot, and great-grandfather to our samplermaker. Hannah married Slocum Howland in 1821 and their only daughter was Emily Howland, a nationally renowned humanitarian best known for her work with freed slaves and her advocacy of women's suffrage. In 1867, using funds supplied by her parents, Miss Howland purchased 400 acres in Virginia, which were sold in small plots to freed slaves. Her papers are also at the Friends Historical Library. This sampler, worked by her mother at this important American Quaker school, is accompanied by a wealth of family papers and history. Worked in silk on linen, it is in excellent condition and has been conservation mounted into a black painted and molded frame. Sampler size: 11" x 15"

Price: $5200.

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Susannah Lambeth, England, 1780

English schoolgirls le of producing absolutely pi torial samplers in the - -e ury. and this important •c ~ i- · e finest example to a ·ailable in years. This sam- ~ "" - e e an elegant ~ -· ·on and flawless execution ~.: -o ·I only have been worked by remely talented young lady under the tutelage of one of most sophisticated and ·- e e teachers. The maker, Mary .: !.!Sannah Lambeth, inscribed on her or.· that he was "In The 1Oth year :Her Age indicating that she was ·... :a only nine years old when she • r ·ed this extraordinary sampler in - . The upper portion is designed las ic sampler format and the o ·:er portion features an excellent -- oral scene worked predominantin mi nute tent stitches and with a · ·ely naivete; it is primarily this pic:orial composition that accounts for • e ampler's rarity and importance. From the seventeenth century forth, eedlewomen had depicted gentle·olk at leisure in bucolic settings, o cupied with activities of the counryside and appearing as shepherds, fishermen, musicians, etc. Miss Lambeth's scene is populated with beautifully costumed people and animated sheep, dog and spotted deer in a setting with a thatched cottage, a stream and a little bridge. It is this tradition that traveled to America and was popularized in Boston with the group that has come to be known as the ''Fishing Lady Pictures." The alphabets, bands and tablets are arranged in the traditional format and are complimented by a beautifully developed pair of angels holding sumptuous swagged and tasseled draperies. The lustrous basket of flowers provided yet another opportunity for the young samplermaker to demonstrate her skills. The visual interest and overall quality of this ambitious sampler cannot be overstated. Worked in silk on wool, the sampler is in excellent condition with vibrant color. It has some very minor scattered losses to the wool and has been conservation mounted into its important original black and gold carved frame with a sanded liner. Sampler size: 22Yz'' x 12Yz''

Framed size: 27Yz'' x 17Yz''

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Sarah Levy, Richmond, Virginia, 184 7 Amongst the early Jewish citizens of Richmond, Virginia, was Jacob Abraham Levy, who emigrated with his parents in 1818 from Amsterdam. The family settled in Richmond, joining a thriving community of Sephardic Jews. Along with their counterparts in Newport, RI; New York; Philadelphia and Charleston, SC, the Jewish population of Richmond accounted for a significant component of the city 1s life. Indeed, members of this community played important roles within the United States for centuries. Jacob Levy, along with his wife, Martha Ezekiel, raised ten children including their fifth-born, Sarah Levy, who, as stated on her sampler 11 Was born April15, 1841. 11 We are privileged to offer this extremely rare sampler made by Sarah when she was six years old and learning her needleworking skills from her eldest sister Rebecca (born in 1829), again to quote from the sampler itself, 11 at home. 11 The family was strictly observant to their Orthodox Jewish faith and the 1917 book, The History of the Jews of Richmond, discusses the role that Jacob Levy played in petitioning the city s legislation in regard to the observation of Sabbath Laws. 1

The family also actively supported the state of Virginia and sent its sons to fight for the Confederacy. The American Jewish Archives has within its collection a letter from Sarah1s brother, Isaac J. Levy, written in South Carolina in April 1864 while a soldier in the Confederate army, describing his observance of the Jewish holiday of Passover; he died four months later in the battle of Petersburg, Virginia. Sarah 1s fiancee, Edwin Israel Kursheedt of New Orleans, also fought for the Confederacy and the battle-weary letters that he wrote to Sarah are in the same archives; they contain reference to his decision to remain kosher alongside descriptions of charming scenery and the 11 music of heavy guns. 11 Edwin Kursheedt, from an equally prominent family, was the great-grandson of the first truly American Rabbi, Gershom Mendes Sexias, a Revolutionary War patriot and leader of a Sephardic congregation, Mikveh Israel. Sarah and Edwin married in 1866 and lived in New Orleans where their eight children were born between 1867 and 1882. Sarah died in 1910, and her sampler descended in the family until just recently. Along with alphabets, a numerical progression and narrow bands of design, young Sarah included two tiny moralistic inscriptions: 11 Fear the Lord 11 and 11 Be kind to all. 11 There are only a handful of American samplers known to have been made by Jewish girls, and this example is rendered even more interesting because of its family context. Worked in silk on linen, the sampler is in excellent condition, conservation mounted into a dark cherry beveled frame. Sampler size: 16W' x 15%"

Price: $28,500.

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Ruth Homan, Barber school, Marblehead, Mass., c. 1806 ·or ·ed on green Iinsey-woolsey hold a special appeal to scholars and collectors. One impor,·as made in the town of Marblehead, Massachusetts, under the instruction of Martha o ~u<Jht during the late 18th century and the first decade of the 19th century. Barber . ler become available only rarely, and we are pleased to be able to offer this splendid r ·ed by Ruth Homan, a fine example of this group. In vol. I of Girlhood Embroidery, Betty --e the Barber school and refers to the samplers that originated there as "shining exam- :::- : -~e e t in American schoolgirl art." Ruth Homan's sampler is specifically mentioned by Mrs. <Je 141. - -: c :

-;;. :e: <Jn oi this sampler demonstrates the neo-classical influence that is typical of many American __ rc· . e arts of the period; however, this influence found its way onto samplers only infrequently. e in i case are the architectural columns topped with large globes that define the composi- ~: -- a no e of whimsy large birds surmount these globes. The freeform border of blossoms on vine _-~ _ar: on many Barber school samplers.

: ::..:. "jonal interest is the inscription that Ruth included on her sampler, "Religion is a Subject the :- in eresting importance and Sublime. It is the Arc of Safety in this world and the anchor of the tnrough Eternity." Ruth was born in 1795 in Marblehead, the daughter of Edward and Alice "' e Homan. In 1814, she married Jonathan Osborn in Salem. Worked in silk on Iinsey-woolsey, ~-e sampler is in excellent condition with minor weakness to the fabric; it has been conservation Sampler size: 15%" x 13W' Price: $18,500. e into a black and gold molded frame.

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Ann Hollensbee, England, 1772 This wonderful English sampler is most unusual in its conception and composition, being mostly fully worked and having color blocks that retain their brilliant hues of blue, cranberry, pink, yellow, red, tan, brown and black. The upper portion features two heart-bearing crowns, a spotted leopard, a dog and fruit basket, and, most significantly, two guards flanking a castle. The guards' distinctive scarlet and gold uniforms may well indicate that they are "Beefeaters," the Yeomen Warders who guard the Tower of London, which has housed the crown jewels since the 14th century. Henry XVIII established this special guard in 1485 and their scarlet tunic dress uniforms date from 1552. Included in the lower portion of the sampler are classic sampler motifs, including a potted flower, which may represent tulips, a decorative urn of pink roses, as well as an apple tree with twisted branches. This specific tree can be found on 17th and 18th century North European needlework and was brought by the Dutch to the New World, where it appears in New York Biblical school samplers. Ann inscribed her sampler within a heart-shaped cartouche, "Ann Hollensbee I May 13 1772 I Aged 13 Years." The capital letters as well as the border of the heart are worked in eyelet stitch, displaying Ann's fine needlework skill. Although we know nothing of her teacher or other examples from this school, genealogical research has revealed that Ann was likely the daughter of Valentine and Elizabeth "Hollinsby" and was christened on October 18, 1768 at Saint Edmunds, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The sampler is worked in silk on linen and remains in excellent condition, conservation mounted in a black painted frame. Provenance: Emma Henriette Schiff von Suvero Collection and Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna. We are offering six samplers in this catalogue that share this provenance. For more information regarding this collection, please refer to the bottom of the inside back cover of this catalogue. Sampler size: 11" x lOW' Price: $16,500.

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Elizabeth Wood, Pennsylvania, 1831

,.., cr i a wonderful illustration of the various influences that had been passed down over

. rations, fro m instructress to samplermaker, from Europe and England to America. In 1604 ·sampler patterns entitled Newes Modelbuch In Kupffer Gemacht (School-House for the .·Johann Simbacher was published in Nurnberg, and his design of a needlework stag ry opular, appearing on samplers throughout northern Europe, England and ultimately The pair of stags worked by young Elizabeth Wood are an obvious and direct result of this The influence of Quaker-designed motifs was pervasive in early 19th century Pennsylvania aking and this appears as well, notably in the sprigs of flowers, baskets of fruit, pair of birds ou he surrounding the verse. The border worked along the top of the sampler is one of clasth entury Philadelphia design, a result of the fine skills and taste brought over from in the early years of the century. \\as likely to have been attending - ool in ~1ontgo mery County, Pennsylvania, as c.. . ·ork bears the hallmarks of a group of : ~ · ·cated samplers that have emerged from area around Lower Providence Township. ·or ·e in silk on linen, the sampler is in excelondition and has been conservation mount. o a maple and cherry cornerblock frame. UL<o.v <..u

pier size: 21" x 21%"

Price: $24,000.

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Charlotte and Werter, Folwell School, Philadelphia, c. 1810

We are very pleased to offer this outstanding silk embroidery from the school of Ann Elizabeth Folwell in Philadelphia. Mrs. Folwell's students benefited not only from her talent, but also that of her husband, artist Samuel Folwell, who actually painted the details of the schoolgirl's silk embroidered pictures. Mourning scenes were much in vogue around the turn of the 18th century, and in this case, the anonymous young needleworker memorialized the fictional couple, Charlotte and Werter, who were the main characters in the short novel, Sorrows of Young Werter, written by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe and published in 1787. The book, which was overwhelmingly popular at the time, tells the tragic tale of Werter, a sensitive young nobleman who is shattered by his unrequited love for Charlotte and ultimately takes his own life. The subject of Charlotte and Werter appears frequently in English embroidered pictures but is found less often on American pieces. Other examples are known from the Folwell School and share common characteristics of Folwell designs: the crossed tree trunks, striated ground, garland or wreath being placed on the tomb and the figure's distinctive long wavy tresses. This fine silk embroidery was included in an important 1976 exhibition, Mourning Becomes America: Mourning Art in the New Nation at the William Penn Memorial Museum in Harrisburg and illustrated in the excellent accompanying publication (figure 16/108) of the same name by Anita Schorsch. It remains in excellent condition sewn to its original backboard and in its original gold leaf frame. Sight size: 16" x 23Yt''

Price: $22,000.

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. lary Johnson, Wilmington, Delaware, school of Mary Askew, dated 1798 ,...

hl_ Âˇ ignificant group of samplers, comprised of only four known works, was made in Wilmington, Âˇare. in the last decades of the 18th century under the instruction of an unusually skilled teacher, . : . . lary Askew. Betty Ring, in vol. II of Girlhood Embroidery, states that this important teacher was c : o have herself been trained in Philadelphia under the renown teacher, Ann Marsh, as these i 6 on samplers share design, technique and above all, quality with these most important mid ~ ury Philadelphia samplers. We are most pleased to have discovered this latest Wilmington samby Mary Johnson in 1798 and attributed by Mrs. Ring to the Askew school. Mary's sampler should be compared to the Askew school examples published as figures 542 and 543 in Girlhood Embroidery. All of the Wilmington samplermakers worked on the finest of linen gauze and included the same distinctive decorative bands, the most notable being the delicately shaded diamond-patterned strawberries and the large blossom on chainstitched vine with buds and leaves. a ~rn within the lettering of these samplers also reveal their Philadelphia influence: the first o: each word was worked in a contrasting color. This decorative arrangement appears in the inscription, and the verse and can be found on Philadelphia area samplers worked throughout the 18th century. Additionally, all of the Wilmington samplers, this example included, feature the specific religious verse which appeared earlier on Marsh school samplers. It is always interesting to note the regional characteristics and ensuing influences on these important groups of American samplers. This sampler was worked in silk on linen and is in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted and is in its excellent original inlaid mahogany frame. Sampler size: 13" x 10%'' Price: $28,000.

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Elizabeth McGrew, Ann Thorn school, Smithfield, Ohio, 1830 This outstanding sampler was skillfully worked by eleven-year-old Elizabeth McGrew, a young girl from a Quaker family in Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio. She was attending the school of Ann Thorn, a highly regarded teacher who designed a distinctive composition and taught her young pupils the skills necessary to complete their samplers. In her new book, Ohio Is My Dwelling Place: Schoolgirl Embroideries 18001850, sampler scholar Sue Studebaker shows two samplers worked at Ann Thorn's school. These illustrate the school's signature characteristics: the arching three- tiered willow tree, zigzag decorated two-handled pots of big flowers, the same verse which begins, "Religion should our thoughts engage," and the motifs in diamond shapes. Elizabeth's sampler is indeed an excellent example of work from this school, and only six samplers from this school are known to exist. Elizabeth was born April 20, 1819, the oldest child of Finley Blackburn McGrew and Aletta Carr McGrew, who were members of the Smithfield Monthly Meeting in eastern Ohio. Along with mention of her parents on her sampler, Elizabeth inscribed the initials of her siblings, James, Anderson J., William and Ann E. McGrew along with AT, the initials of her teacher. In 1837, at the age of 18, Elizabeth married Joel Wood, and they remained in Smithfield where Mr. Wood was a successful businessman, an early supporter of the advancement of public education and, as early as 1835, active in the anti-slavery movement. Their four children were born between 1844 and 1857. Records of this family can be found in Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Much is also known about Elizabeth's teacher, Ann Gumery Thorn, who was associated with the Short Creek Quarterly Meeting and seems to have taught at a Quaker school. The samplers worked under her tutelage form one of the most desirable groups of Ohio needlework; Elizabeth McGrew's handsome sampler is an outstanding member of this group. Worked in silk on linen, the sampler is in excellent condition and has been conservation mounted into a beveled tiger-maple frame with a black bead. (detail)

Sampler size: 1512'' x 1614''

Price: $16,000.

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Elizabeth Woodwell Hunt, Newburyport, Mass., 1807 0 e of the finest groups of Massachusetts

lers is discussed by Betty Ring in vol. I : Girlhood Embroidery, Embroideries of _· ·: ury and ewburyport. Mrs. Ring states e e handsome samplers can be "rec.:-.ize by a series of repetitious motifs that ::-:. re . in modified ways, from the colonial til the nineteenth century." Our a little sampler is a fine example •: uryport which features the blue e \'ase filled with flowers which is

·e samplermakers also included eir date of birth, as did tene \\ oodwell Hunt, who - ~- , • .:he \'as born March 27, 1797. 1l. ·. ,·hich was well documentli hed genealogy, came to _ - - .: early 1630s as part of what - ·-: .. as the Great Migration. " 11 er of athaniel and

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e ,·een 1818 and 1823. The sampler was worked in silk on linen and is in excellent ·a ion mounted into a beveled cherry frame with a maple bead. Price: $5200.

mith, England, circa 1800 Diminutive scale and carefully wrought tiny motifs make miniature samplers one of the most endearing needlework forms. This fine example is inscribed "Sarah Smith Born September 27 1787'' and bears the verse "I love The Lord and he will be a tender Father unto me." The samplermaker used a wonderful assortment of colored silk threads and stitched traditional English elements: hearts, crowns, dogs and a central potted stylized plant, all within a dark blue tiny geometric border. Worked in silk on linen, the sampler is in excellent condition, conservation mounted in a period frame. Provenance: Emma-Henriette Schiff von Suvero Collection and Museum ftir Angewandte Kunst, Vienna. Price: $3200.

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Angelina Upton, Dracut, Massachusetts, 1825 This fine sampler, with its lustrous borders and splendid pictorial elements is signed, "Angelina Upton wrought this aged 12 July 18 1825." It is an excellent example of the praiseworthy samplers that come out of northernmost Massachusetts, specifically in this case, Dracut, a town situated on the Merrimack River near the New Hampshire border. Angelina was the eldest of the three children of Reuben and Sally (Abbot) Upton, born in September, 1812 in Dracut. In 1834, Angelina married Lowell Lawrence, and they became the parents of four children, Lowell, Daniel, Lucy and Benjamin. While studying this sampler, with its composition less structured than many, one can get a sense of the choices of the samplermaker as she decided to place trees, branches, a cornucopia and even a large house in various spaces. The sampler was worked in silk on linen and is in very good condition with very minor loss; it has been conservation mounted into a mahogany frame with a gilt liner. Sampler size: 17W' x 15W' Price: $7600. (detail)

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1arsden, Duxbury Hall, England, 1827

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visual appeal of this sampler clearly stems from the outstanding depiction of Duxbury . · h domi nates the composition. However, the samplermaker added to the folkiness of the .· including charming depictions of birds, a gentleman on horseback, a large black dog and a - ·. Duxbury Hall stood on the 12th century estate of the Standish family near the town of : · Lancashire. Although branches of this family remained there for centuries, Miles Standish, min Duxbury Hall in 1584, left his native country in 1620 to sail on the Mayflower. In c :oun ed the town of Duxbury, just north of Plymouth in the colony of Massachusetts and ,_..,, -~~-~"' ·:: :or hi ancestral home. o: Duxbury Hall reflects the exterior as it appeared in 1827, shortly before a renovation :he brick fa~ade with ashlar, a thin veneer of square-cut granite. It is likely that local ; · : :ere assigned the project of working samplers that featured Duxbury Hall in its original _ -_ · -: . rior to this renovation. This sampler was worked in silk on linen and remained unframed - .. ar. It has been conservation mounted and is in an inlaid mahogany frame.

Price: $7200.

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Hannah Stickney Johnson, Newburyport, Mass., 1826 A particularly appealing group of samplers originated in Newburyport, Massachusetts, a tine little town along the northern coast. These samplers all share distinctive regional characteristics that are well represented on this handsome piece made by Hannah Stickney Johnson in 1826. Included amongst those traits are these multi-tiered trees, patchwork parrots, owls, dogs, lions and baskets. Some tine Newburyport samplers are illustrated in vol. I of Girlhood Embroidery with samplers very similar to Hannah's illustrated in figures 129 and 130. These samplers frequently include inscriptions that offer truisms and advice such as that which appears on Hannah's sampler, "Piety and Virtue are particularly graceful and becoming in Youth." Hannah Stickney Johnson, the daughter of Thomas and Judith (Stickney) Johnson, was born on August 12, 1814, the sixth of their eleven children. The Stickney family lived in Newburyport and nearby Salem for six generations, and Thomas Johnson was from Effingham, New Hampshire. Hannah married Charles Maguier in 1842, and her sampler descended in the family. Worked in silk and wool on linen, the sampler is in very good condition with minor loss; it has been conservation Price: $4600. mounted into a molded cherry frame. Sampler size: 1512'' x 17"

Antonie Kinnell, northern Europe, circa 1820 During the Biedermeir period from 1815-1848 applied arts flourished as a means of celebrating the joys of domestic life. Vienna was a center for producing patterns for embroidery, which often echoed the motifs found on other decorative arts and emphasized beauty, harmony and nature. In this tine example worked by Antonie Kinnell, the scrolling borders, floral alphabet, dogs and flower bouquets are almost identical to patterns distributed in the period by the Nowotny firm of Vienna and discussed in two recent publications by Raffaella Serena. On this sampler, the needleworker further displayed her skill with intricately stitched pattern blocks, which had long been popular in the region. The combination of design and delicacy of stitches render this an unusually appealing sampler. The sampler is in excellent condition, stitched in silk on linen edged with a gold silk ribbon border and bows at the corners, conservation mounted in a black and gold frame. Provenance: EmmaHenriette Schiff von Suvero and Museum Fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna. Please see the back cover of this catalogue for detail photos of this sampler. Sight size: 1714" x 1912''

Price: $3400.

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lotte Turner, Liberated African, Bathurst, Sierra Leone, d 1831 Throughout the first forty years of the 19th century, schoolgirls in English speaking countries, notably the United States and the British Isles, made needlework samplers. As missionary movements, both American and English, intensified their activities in outposts such as India and Mrica, the tradition of samplermaking traveled with them, providing an opportunity to teach the English language and instill religious beliefs. One such missionary posting was in the west Mrican country of Sierra Leone where a massive resettling of Free Blacks and Liberated Mricans took place from the late 18th century through the mid 19th century. This sampler, worked by a ten-year-old named Charlotte Turner, is the only known example produced within this population, and documents for the first time samplermaking by formerly enslaved young Mrican girls. ; Bathurst included a school administered by the Church Missionary Society which was .e e ucation of thousands of children over the years. The 1830 Missionary Register of ---ica es that the missionaries were concerned about the welfare and involved in the educa.1 ren, "The Girls, under well-qualified Female Teachers, are instructed in Reading, e · . the Elements of English Grammar and Geography, plain sewing, knitting, marking are convinced that the instruction and right education of the Children of the Mrican re o advance the cause of Universal Emancipation, than all other means put together. ·eved in this way, strikes at the root of the evils against which we are contending: it in measure abolishes, that prejudice against the Colour, which is the greatest barrier to

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er 1· a rare piece of material culture which stimulates contemplation of this aspect of history, ignificance of needlework to the accepted conception of proper education and the spread of this value to other cultures. Worked in silk on wool, the sampler is in excellent condition with some very minor loss to the wool and has been conservation mounted into its fine original mahogany veneer frame. Sampler size: 12%'' x 10" Price upon request. LEADING s AMPLER AND NEEDLEwoRK DEALER

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Bristol Orphanage Sampler by Ada Pullan, Ashley Down, Bristol, England, dated 1888 There exists a small group of very well-documented and highly sought-after samplers that were worked in the Muller Orphanage of Bristol, England, from the 1860s through the 1890s. Large numbers of orphans were housed and educated in this institution which counted over 2000 occupants upon completion of its fifth house, Ashley Down in the late 1870s. Their education was geared to provide the orphans with skills that would ultimately help them gain useful employment, thus needlework of the highest standard was central to the curriculum for females. The samplers worked at this school are highly recognizable and renowned for their great precision and minute detail. Hallmarks of these samplers are the rows of alphabets in various fonts and motifs that can include the Holy Bible, sailing ship, little houses, baskets, tiny dogs, anchors, butterflies, and wreaths. This excellent sampler is signed "A. Pullen No 5 Orphan House Ashley Down Bristol 1880" and the archives of the Muller Orphanage pro-

vide much information about the samplermaker. Ada Martha Pullan was born July 18, 1864 to Arthur and Charlotte (Child) Pullan of London. After her father died in 1876 and her mother in 1877, Ada and two of her younger siblings, Charlotte and Alfred, were admitted to the Orphanage, and Ada remained there for four years. The City of Bristol Museum owns a number of these samplers and a 1983 catalogue that accompanied an exhibition of their samplers noted that "the majority of girls went into services upon leaving the Homes and they would have reason to be grateful for the sound training they received there." When Ada Pullan left the orphanage in 1881, the year after she worked this sampler, she took a domestic situation in London under the supervision of her grandmother, who was an Upper Servant in a household there. Bristol samplers come onto the market very rarely, and we are pleased to be able to offer this excellent example. The great majority of known Bristol Orphanage samplers were worked in red silk; the use of an assortment of colors renders this sampler even more interesting and of greater rarity. Worked in silk on cotton, this sampler is in excellent condition and is conservation mounted in a beveled cherry frame. Sampler size: llW' x 9"

Price: $14,500. (detail)

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ecca Ann Garrett, Elizabeth Passmore teacher, ter Co., Pennsylvania, 1822

- """~ r· hanging in a place of pride in the homes of these important Chester County Quaker ..,6 as proof of the value that these families placed on the education of their daughters . ....._._._~~.<;.. -- Carre t \ as one of these pupils, and her sampler compares favorably with those made by o ins, some of which are owned by the Chester County Historical Society. a eristics of this group is the inscription of the names of family members, and the :hi h settled this area in the 17th century, is well documented on this sampler. of the eight children of Abner and Rebecca (Maris) Garrett who married at the " ·er . 1onthly Meeting in 1783 and lived in Willistown. The names of Rebecca's grandparJane Maris and Thomas and Hannah Garrett, appear on the sampler, and it is interesthese names display a further characteristic of this school: names of the deceased are ...~......._.._ _ _l: in black stitches. The initials of her teacher, "EP," were worked onto the sampler and ral willow tree. Rebecca died, unmarried, in 1844. piers within this group include the handsome lawn with rabbits and sheep, potted gra eful willow tree, and many richly worked birds, flowers, butterflies and baskets and an ~=. . ~· · a : fine enclosure of grape bunches on a leafy vine. The outer border is a graceful natura•ith open-face blossoms sprouting from the lawn and encompassing the sampler on three _.r- y of the samplers, that of Rebecca Ann Garrett included, are further surrounded by a fine ::ilk ribbo n with corner rosettes. Rebecca's sampler very closely resembles an 1820 example -::: . a di tant cousin, Mary Garrett, published as figure 442 in volume II of Girlhood "dery by Betty Ring. ler \\as worked in silk on linen, and it is in excellent condition with its original silk ribbon. ·ervation mounted into a fine cornerblock mahogany frame. Price: $48,000 .

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Ellen O'Neaill, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1842 Genealogical samplers, often bearing the title "Family Record," are prized for their form as well as for their content. The beginning of the 19th century saw a flowering of this style of sampler, well documented in the 1989 book Family Record, published by the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum in conjunction with a definitive exhibition at their Washington, D.C., headquarters. This excellent Family Record sampler was made by Ellen O'Neaill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and is part of a highly regarded group that share these same regional characteristics. Much has been written about these samplers in both the DAR's Family Record as well as a scholarly article entitled "Decorated Family Records from Coastal Massachusetts, New Hampshire And Connecticut" by Peter Benes (Families and Children, Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, 1985). All of the samplers in this group share the three linked hearts, floral sprays, and the little scene of house and memorial at the bottom, as well as many other traits. Samplers from this school reflect a design that would have been considered innovative and highly creative when they were made. Genealogical research confirms that the O'Neaill family arrived in Massachusetts circa 1838 having emigrated from Ireland by way of Nova Scotia. By 1860, Ellen must have been married, as she was no longer living with her family in Charlestown when they were registered in the census. Worked in silk on linen, the sampler is in excellent condition and has been conservation mounted into a maple frame. Sampler size: 18Y4" x 17Y4"

Price: $8400.

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路ett Dector, View of Mount Vernon, Elizabeth Town, Jersey, Miss Barton, Instructress, 1838 :as a favorite subject of engravers, whose work was widely copied in both needlework -~-or 路 g to the article in The Magazine Antiques, February 1981 by Davida Tenenbaum - _ ~ _. Ring, entitled Homage to Washington in needlework and prints. We are extremely ..::: - 路 rare sampler which presents a view of the eastern view of Mount Vernon; it is -" -e-: Dector Elizabeth Town Taught by Miss Barton AD 1838." This particular view was --a :.tatint engraving by Frances Jukes (1747-1812) after a drawing by Alexander 1); it was entitled "Mount Vernon in Virginia The Seat of the late Lieu.t George ~~__,-=.......,~-路 :::..:-. ras issued in London in March of 1800. The samplermaker, Harriet Dector, worked ra::E.:io..i - : _fount Vernon with great accuracy and included the three doorways, dormer winctagonal cupola, Palladian side window and colonnade arches.

the daughter of Joseph and Louisa Dector of Elizabeth Town in northern New 'ed apoleon Denaismes, and they were mentioned in the 1855 will of her father. _ _-ible for this composition and for instructing Harriett in her needlework, Miss born circa 1807 and was listed on the 1840 and 1850 census as a schoolteacher _ A fascinati ng and very complete file regarding both Harriett and her teacher :a:;;:o:::~zy- - --sampler. The book Home Sweet Home: the House in American Folk Art, Rizzoli, _- .-:; Har ing and Laura Fisher illustrates this sampler on page 21. a.S

--e ce ework contributes greatly to the appeal of this important piece. The buildings - _ - rolling landscape and flanked by richly textured trees, and it is all bordered by a lo om border with a stylish elongated Greek key outer border. Worked in silk on r i- in excellent condition, with some loss and weakness to the linen, conservation cled figured cherry frame with maple bead. Price: $26,000.

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Sophocles Appearing before the Magistrate of Athens, France, circa 1800

This fine embroidered silkwork scene depicts Sophocles before the Magistrate of Athens. The verse at the bottom translates: Sophocles, at eighty-three years of age, was summoned by the Magistrate of Athens, at the instignation of his son. Impatient to enjoy the riches of his father, he argued that, weakened by his age, his father could no longer manage his estate. Sophocles responded to the accusation by reading the beginning of his "Oedipus to Colonne" which he was then composing. People paid tribute to his genius and the miserly son was justly rewarded with public contempt. At the end of the 18th century Sacchini adapted the Oedipus drama for opera to please Louis XVI and Marie Antionette and their court. The opera gained great popularity in France and may well have inspired young women to choose it as a subject for displaying their needlework talents. The needleworker who created this piece worked the silk in a painterly fashion and most successfully recreated the drapery of the period attire. The faces are expertly executed in watercolor, and the lettering is expertly drawn onto silk. It is in excellent condition with a few minor areas of weakness, in its fine original gold leaf frame with eglomise glass mat. Sight size: 14" x 1512''

Framed size: 2012'' x 2312''

Price $5200.

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Âˇon Eliza Rollins, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1830 A teacher of samplermaking working in the town of Haverhill developed a particular style of design and decoration that came to define samplers from this town, and this is apparent even when studying a relatively simple sampler. Marion Eliza Rollins' endearing alphabet sampler was likely an early project worked under this instructress and features the lustrous crinkled silk flowers and veined leaves found on fully developed Haverhill samplers. Marion Eliza Rollins was eleven years old in 1830 when she worked this sampler. She was the eldest child of James and Sarah (Pettingell) Rollins and was born on July 4, 1819. She died, unmarried, in 1842. Her sampler was worked in silk on linen and is in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted into a cherry bevel frame. Sampler size: 11 Yt'' x 11 Yz''

Price: $3200 .

. Chapman, Bethel, Maine, circa 1845 -~1 ombination: a small sam;: of Frances S. Chapman of :: ~- .... an excellent little watercolit of her mother. The sam-- i Âˇely have been made by the - ::e irth is recorded on it, - c hap man, who was born, as - -cr sampler, in Bethel, Maine on _ -. The watercolor portrait is - r. Frances (Carter) Chapman -:.:: ' in the 1840s by an unknown ate that these two pieces have er all these years.

The family is well discussed in a book entitled History of Bethel, published in Augusta in 1891. Frances Carter married Robert A. Chapman, a wealthy merchant and one of Bethel's most prominent citizens, noted to have been well respected for his industry, sagacity and perseverance. Frances married Thomas Twitchell, a dry goods merchant and representative to the state legislature; they remained in Bethel where their three children were born. The sampler was worked in wool and silk on wool and is in excellent condition, conservation mounted and in a narrow veneer frame. There is minor foxing and slight discoloration to the watercolor. Sampler size: 414'' x 6"

Watercolor: 4" x 3"

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Price for the two: $2850.

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Elizabeth Searle, Knitted Pinball, England, 180 1 Early pinballs and pincushions were often highly decorated and exquisitely worked, reflecting not only the value placed on fashionable needlework accessories, but more significantly the value placed on pins themselves. This exceptional pincushion is oval in form and made of knitted silk with braided cords finishing in a tassel at the bottom. It is marked "Elizabeth Searle/ March 1801," and has the geometric elements and stylized birds typical of Quaker needlework as well as the phrasing, "Token of Respect" that is frequently found on Quaker samplers of the same period. It is in excellent condition and retains its strong original color. Size, approximately: 3%" x 2"

Price: $4250.

Jane Robinson, Dublin, Ireland, circa 1835 This delightful needlework picture entitled "The Puss And Clock" is quite humorous in its portrayal of a serious gray tabby cat with white glass bead eyes and long whiskers perched on an ottoman beside a tall case clock. The unusual scale lends a sense of drama and naivete that is most desirable. The work is initialed "JR" and accompanying information tells us that the stitcher was Jane Robinson, who attended the Female Model School, Kildare Place, Dublin, Ireland. The needlework is in excellent condition, conservation mounted in a late 19th-century paint decorated frame. Sampler size: 514'' x 512''

Price: $3850.

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e ton, Tullytown, Bucks Co. Pennsylvania, 1810

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.'lized house and lawn sampler was made in 1810 by Maria Cheston who was B ks County village of Tullytown, located on the Delaware River. The youngest - -:-~- :on Elizabeth (Wright) Cheston, Maria was born about 1795, the fifth of their issue. _--~ John Cheston, settled in Princeton upon his emigration from England prior to 1769 - __ - --~ Rc\'ol utionary War at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. This branch of the . r~moved across the river to Tullytown, Pennsylvania and also had ties to Bristol, a -- :c just to the south. _ :-

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omposition of Maria's sampler offers a splendid scene featuring a stately doubleho use as well as a vine-covered gazebo and many trees, little birds and potted plants. _:eC: the initials of her parents TC and EC, above four distinctive two-toned leafy trees. -:- :r · ·-worked in the satin-stitch and queen's-stitch; also of note is the design of the border · . ..lre.'i aired strawberries in a somewhat unusual arrangement. - ........,::.=- • .

.:il · on linen, the sampler is in excellent condition with slight loss; it has been conservainto an inlaid walnut frame.

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Price: $12,500.

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Sarah Ann Crane, West Bloomfield, Essex Co., NJ, 1829 This handsome New Jersey sampler boasts a wide border of strawberries and tiny buds on an undulating vine which surrounds a very pleasing composition of rose sprays with rich green leaves, a large basket filled with a pyramid of fruit, and bountiful clusters of teal blue grapes. The verse reads, "Dear girl may heaven thy way befrielnd I And bring thee to a peaceful end." The sampler is further inscribed, "Sarah Ann Crane aged 7 years I West Bloomfield, New Jersey I September 29, 1829." While samplers were commonly worked by young girls, one rarely finds the work of a seven year old; Sarah Ann Crane showed an impressive at a very young age. The small town of West Bloomfield was just north of Newark, New Jersey and was incorporated into Bloomfield by the middle of the 19th century. A branch of the Crane family settled in Newark by the 1670s (Jasper Crane 1605-1680), with ensuing generations prospering in the area for centuries. Sarah Ann Crane was the surviving sister of twins born in August 1821 to Richard Montgomery Crane and Elizabeth Gardner. Sarah Ann was the eldest of Richard's fifteen children. She married Samuel Crane Burnett of Morristown, New Jersey, and they had one child, a daughter, Lizzie Burnett. The sampler is worked in silk on linen and is in excellent condition, conservation mounted in a figured cherry frame with maple bead. Sampler size: 17" x 17W'

Price: $6800. (detail)

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Block Sampler, Germany, circa 1750 We are pleased to have the opportunity to offer this rare German sampler which is in exceptional condition and maintains outstanding vibrant color. The needleworker very successfully used a broad palette of colors and a sophisticated vocabulary of stitches, including cross, Irish, queen's and eyelet, to form twenty different patterned blocks. The use of patterned blocks was not unusual in North European samplers, but the quality and condition of this example is exemplary. The upper center block features initials which are probably those of the maker and possibly her family, schoolmates, and teacher. Most significant are the three figures: a nun holding hands with two little girls, each of whom are holding flowers. Although we have never seen - a sampler, this is logical in that needlework was often taught in the convents and :: · Europe. - · ex ellent condition, worked in silk on linen with a silk binding, conservation lack painted period frame. Provenance: Emma-Henriette Schiff von Suvero - _ _ ·eum Fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna. Price: $6400 .

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Lydia Kimball, Moravian, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1827 The town of Nazareth, Northampton County, Pennsylvania was founded in 1741 as a colony for Moravians and it remained closed to nonMoravians until 1857. This sampler was worked in Nazareth, by Lydia Kimball, who was born there circa 1810 and attended a school that taught samplermaking in the classic Moravian style. Needlework that bears these traits was worked in the Moravian schools of Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Salem, North Carolina, amongst others. The center cartouche of a wreath of leaves and blossoms, the pair of birds flanking a flowering plant and a variety of specific alphabets are all Moravian characteristics. While several samplers from the Lititz and Salem schools have been documented, this is the only known example from Nazareth. Lydia married Mr. Molther and, after she was widowed, John Horton, a prominent merchant, justice of the peace and constable of Terrytown, Bradford County. Their son, John Horton, was born in 1842 and, after service as a colonel in the Civil War, became quite successful in the coal business. The sampler was worked in silk on linen and remains in excellent condition, conservation mounted into a curly maple beveled frame. Sampler size: 17" x 11 Yt''

Price: $3400.

Helen Brown, Torphichen, Scotland, 185 7 This Scottish sampler, made in the charming little village of Torphichen in Scotland, was worked by nine-year-old Helen Brown at the Free Church School in 1857. Torphichen has its roots in the Neolithic period, with its Christian history dating back to 400 AD with the building of St. Ninian's church. It is highly possible that the school that Helen Brown attended was connected to this same church as it serves as the heart of the town. The format is that of the long, narrow band sampler, which includes, in this case, thirteen alphabets and narrow decorative bands above the inscription and wonderful depiction of the stone church with its peaked roof window. It is a good example of the provincial samplermaking that continued through the middle of the 19th century. Worked in wool on linen, the sampler is in excellent condition and has been conservation mounted into a molded walnut frame. Sampler size: 17Y2'' x 7W'

Price: $1650.

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Catherine Deidrick, Pennsylvania, 1829 This handsome sampler, worked in 1829 by Catherine Deidrick, likely of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, features two excellent houses, each well proportioned and with attention to architectural detail. Equally interesting is the fine fence and trees set on a rich green lawn with a pathway leading toward the center gate. The maker of this sampler was only ten years old as is evident from her inscription, 11 Catherine Deidrick's work in her 11th year 1829.11 Catherine included a verse on her work that is known to be the most popular to appear on early 19th century schoolgirl samplers; it expresses common views of the period and reads as follows, "Jesus permit thy name to stand as the first efforts of an infant hand I While my fingers o'er the canvass move engage my tender heart to seek thy love." The lowermost band of design combines evergreen trees and birds with a stylized central flower motif that shows influence of 17th and 18th century sampler design; this particular pattern is found on Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, samplers worked throughout the early 19th century. Catherine's parents are mentioned on the sampler as N. Deidrick and J. Deidrick, and it is likely that her father was Jorge Deidrick who was living in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, in 1830. The sampler was worked in silk on linen and is in excellent condition, conservation mounted into a mahogany frame with inlay and an outer bead. Sampler size: 20" x 17W'

Price: $9600.

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Band Sampler, Germany, 1764 Collectors have long been aware of the tradition of excellent 17th and 18th century band samplers worked in Germany of which this handsome pictorial band sampler is a fine example. For centuries, young women had been copying motifs, designs, horizontal bands and borders from published pattern books, as well as the needlwork completed by their teachers and earlier generations of female family members. This sampler shows these influences in the traditional flowers, stags, baskets, crowns and stylized bands. This particular sampler features a large urn bearing pendulant flowers, a motif identical to one found on a 1743 sampler from Southern Germany that is in the St. Gallen Textile Museum, Switzerland, and published in their scholarly catalogue. Additionally, the sun and moon, far more unusual motifs, appear in the upper corners on either side of standing angels in long dresses who flank the center cartouche. The initials of the maker and the date 1764 were worked within this cartouche with the initials MH appearing below. The sampler retains its vibrant original color and is in very good condition, conservation mounted in a fine black and gold leaf carved frame. Provenance: Emma-Henriette Schiff von Suvero Collection and Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna. Sampler size: 21'' x 9W' Price: $8200.

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Susan Springer, Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., 1831 This delightful little sampler is a one of a highly appealing group of folky samplers made in Maytown, a small village in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, in the early 1830s. For a closely related example refer to Mary Jaene Edmond's Samplers and Samplermakers: An American Schoolgirl Art 1700-1850, figure 50 on page 110, which features a sampler worked by Catharine Stape in 1830. The makers of these Maytown samplers included oversized and fashionably dressed ladies with their little dogs, brick houses, willow trees and low basket of lustrous flowers. Our example contains the same verse and exact phrasing of the legend as appears on others of this group. The verse reads as follows, "See how the roses I Flourish fresh and I Fair see how the I Ravens fed from I Heavens are then ner I Distrust thy God for I Cloth or bread while I Roses flourish and I Ravens fed." Our research revealed that Susan Springer was the daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Springer, both of whom were born in Germany. Abraham is listed in the 1830 and 1850 census indexes as a brewer living in Maytown. Susan's sampler is in excellent condition, worked in silk on linen, conservation mounted into a period grain-painted frame. Sampler size: 12" x 7W' Price: $9600.

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Darning Sampler, the Netherlands, 1791 As part of their needlework training, one of the most practical skills at which a young woman could become proficient was darning, allowing her to extend the life of costly household textiles and clothing. To teach this skill, instructresses cut square holes in the ground fabric of samplers and required students to reproduce particular weave structures to mend the area. Today, the darning samplers created by these accomplished needleworkers are considered very desirable as they exhibit both refined techniques and stunning graphic qualities. This darning sampler is a particularly splendid example and an impressive demonstration of the stitcher's skill. As is often the case on Dutch samplers, the maker identified herself only with her initials, MCB. She worked twenty-five meticulous areas of darning and included some examples of white on white darns, mending techniques and angle repairs. Many darning samplers, even some of the fine Dutch examples, are arranged in a haphazard fashion; this samplermaker employed a highly structured placement of color, pattern and scale thus creating an unusually pleasing overall composition. Note that virtually every darn contributes to this effect. Patience and discipline are two of the most important lessons learned through the teaching of needlework and these values were obviously integrated into the curriculum at the school attended by this samplermaker. Worked in silk on fine linen gauze, the sampler is in excellent condition and has been conservation mounted into a 19th century gold leaf frame. Provenance: E. H. Schiff von Suvero Collection and Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna. Sampler size: 13%" square

Price: $6200.

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Mary Roe, Branchville, New Jersey, 1834

From both an artistic and technical standpoint, this splendid sampler holds enormous appeal. It must be assumed that Mary Roe, who was thirteen years old in 1834, was working under the tutelage of a highly talented instructress as the needlework is extremely sophisticated and the composition complex. The entire basket in the center was accomplished in the queen's stitch which is considered one of the most difficult and time-consuming in the vocabulary of an embroiderer. The town of Branchville is in Sussex County in northernmost New Jersey, and it was the home of the family of Jonas and Matilda (Hopkins) Roe, who were married in 1817. Matilda Hopkins was born and raised in the neighboring town of Baleville, and Jonas Roe was from the nearby New York State town of Warwick, where he was a prominent physician. Mary was born on September 24, 1821 and later married George Fencil, a highly successful merchant and flour miller from York County, Pennsylvania. They became the parents of ten children, and George served as local postmaster for many years. The verse on the sampler bears the title "Extract" and was written by noted English poet Thomas Grey (1716- 1771), forerunner of the Romantic Movement. It reads as follows, "Full many a gem or purest ray serene I The dark unfathomed cave or ocean bear I Full may a flower is born to blush unseen I And waste its sweetness on the desert air." Sampler size: 17'l4" x 1714''

Price: $17,500.

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Sally Sargent, Amesbury and Haverhill, Mass., 1804 This fascinating sampler bears great resemblance to a group of fine pieces from Haverhill, Massachusetts and was worked in 1804 by nineyear-old Sally Sargent of Amesbury. The towns of Amesbury and Haverhill are located near one another in the northeast corner of coastal Massachusetts. Sally Sargent was the daughter of Joshua and Sally (Goodwin) Sargent, born April 1, 1795. The Amesbury Vital Records include the marriage of her parents in 1787, Sally's 1795 birth and her marriage in 1833 to Benjamin Hoyt. While Sally lived in Amesbury, it is clear that she attended school in Haverhill. Amongst the characteristics of this school are the handsome geometric border arrangement, the vine of blossoms, buds and leaves and the pots of flowers. The date of 1804 was carefully placed at the end of the verse which reads as follows:

"This needle work of I Mine doth tell when I a Child is Learned well I By my Parents I was I Taught not to spend my I Time for naught." The sampler is in excellent condition, worked in silk on linen and conservation mounted into a black and gold carved frame. Sampler size: 17W' x 12~"

Price: $9600.

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Hannah Erden, England, 1817

We often find that simple, direct samplers are amongst the most appealing we have to offer. This crisp, clean, tightly worked sampler by Hannah Erden, dated 1817, is most pleasing, and the embroidery is exemplary. Alphabets in upper and lower case letters as well as numbers and various geometric bands, including those worked with tiny eyelet stitches, fill the upper part of the sampler. An arcaded vine with strawberries separates the top section from the lower, which boasts an openwork basket of flowers flanked by distinctive stylized trees. A dainty undulating blue border with tiny hearts frames the composition. The sampler is worked in silk on wool and is in excellent condition with only slight loss to the wool and is conservation mounted in a black and gold molded frame. Sampler size: 71ft/' x 7W'

Price: $4850.

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SELECTED NEEDLEWORK BIBLIOGRAPHY Allen, Gloria Seaman. Family Record Genealogical Watercolors and Needlework. Washington, DC: DAR Museum, 1989. Bolton, Ethel Stanwood and Coe, Eve Johnston. American Samplers. Boston: The Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1921. Brooke, Xanthe. Catalogue of Embroideries. The Lady Lever Art Gallery. Alan Sutton Publishing Inc., 1992 Edmonds, Mary Jaene. Samplers and Samplermakers, An American Schoolgirl Art 1700-1850. New York: Rizzoli, 1991. Herr, Patricia T. The Ornamental Branches, Needlework and Art from the Lititz Moravian Girls' School Between 1800 and 1865. The Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County, Pa, 1996. Epstein, Kathy. British Embroidery: Curious Works from the Seventeenth Century. Colonial Williamsburg and Curious Works Press, 1998. Hersh, Tandy and Charles. Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans. Birdsboro, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1991. Humphrey, Carol. Samplers, Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Ivey, Kimberly Smith. In the Neatest Manner: The Making of the Virginia Sampler Tradition. Colonial Williamsburg and Curious Works Press, 1997. Krueger, Glee F. A Gallery of American Samplers: The Theodore H. Kapnek Collection. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978. New England Samplers to 1840. Sturbridge, Massachusetts: Old Sturbridge Village, 1978. Ring, Betty. American Needlework Treasures. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1987. Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850. Knopf, 1993. Let Virtue be a Guide to Thee: Needlework in the Education of Rhode Island Women, 1730-1830. Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1983. Schiffer, Margaret B. Historical Needlework of Pennsylvania. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. Schorsch, Anita. Mourning Becomes America: Mourning Art in the New Nation. Clinton, New Jersey: The Main Street Press, 1976. Staples Epstein, Kathy, Tinley, Lynn. "Some Honest Worke in Handâ&#x20AC;˘.. " English Samplers from the Seventeenth Century. Greenville, South Carolina, 2001. This Have I Done: Samplers and Embroideries from Charleston and the Lowcountry. Curious Works Press and the Charleston Museum, 2002. Studebaker, Sue. Ohio Samplers, School Girl Embroideries 1803-1850. Warren County Historical Society, 1988. Ohio Is My Dwelling Place. Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2002. Swan, Susan B. Plain and Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.

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Conservation Mounting of Antique Samplers and Needlework Because of the important role that condition plays in the field of antique samplers and needlework, we strive to ensure that these pieces undergo proper preservation while in our care. Below is a step-by-step description of the "conservation mounting" process. Our techniques are simple and straightforward; we remove the dust and dirt particles mechanically, never wet-cleaning the textiles. We use only acid-free materials and museum-approved techniques throughout the process. Please call us if you have any questions in this regard.

Carefully clean the piece using our special vacuum process

Mount it by means of hand-sewing onto acid-free museum board that has been slip-cased with fabric appropriate to the piece itself, and, at the same time, stabilize any holes or weak areas

Refit the item back into its original frame or make a custom reproduction of an 18th or early 19th century frame using one of our exclusive patterns

Supply a reverse painted black glass mat, if appropriate, done in correct antique manner

When necessary, install truVue Conservation Clear glass which blocks 97% of the harmful ultraviolet light

In the framing process, the needlework is properly spaced away from the glass, the wooden frame is sealed, and the dust cover is attached with special archival tape

Detail of Pattern Block sampler, Germany, circa 1750, page 27 This catalogue includes six samplers from the Emma-Henriette Schiff von Suvero Collection. This collection included a large and interesting group of European, American and English samplers as well as furniture, porcelain, and paintings. Emma-Henriette Schiff von Suvero was born in 1863 and died in 1924; after her death, the collection remained with her family until it was confiscated by the Nazi regime in 1939. The collection was then transferred to the Staatliche Kunstgewerbemuseum, Vienna, now known as the Museum ftir Angewandte Kunst (MAK). These items were either displayed or stored at the MAK until the spring of 2003 when the Austrian government restored ownership of the collection to the heirs of Emma-Henriette Schiff von Suvero who then sold the samplers.

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