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Charlotte Frye
Worked in 1811 by Charlotte Frye of Andover, Massachusetts, this splendid sampler boasts strong composition and outstanding color and contrast. A hilly lawn forms the base for little trees and potted plants and flowers with splendid blossoms on vines...
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Postrema Ridgway
This splendid small pictorial sampler boasts excellent composition and outstanding needlework. It was made by nine-year-old Postrema Ridgway who was a Quaker girl from Burlington County, New Jersey, born in July of 1796. Her parents were John and Eli...
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Unfinished Motif Sampler
This is a finely worked, unfinished German sampler, made circa 1770 and exhibiting a wonderful polychrome palette. Employing a composition similar to those found on early Dutch samplers, this samplermaker worked fine motifs, whimsical curlicue letter...
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Kitty Waterman
One of the skills that young needleworkers were taught was whitework darning, which would hold obviously practical, life-long applications. The majority of these samplers were made in Quaker schools in England and the United States, and exhibit a han...
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Annie E. Blinkhorn
Annie Blinkhorn worked her sampler at the Royal British Girls' School in Southampton. These schools were established throughout England to care for and educate young girls. Here, Annie practiced her delightful sampler with lettering in deep red linen...
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