Mary Smith worked this huge, splendid sampler in 1829. An outstanding fully worked, blue house commands the composition, with its many mullioned windows, two chimneys and gated door, and with the huge star-like leafy formation sprouting up between the chimneys as well. Stemming from the lawn, a zigzagging border of eyelet-stitched grapes and huge tendrilled leaves border the scene on three sides.
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Browse our current selection of antique samplers and schoolgirl embroideries, which is our specialty and the focus of this website. We have a fine range of American and European needlework with thorough information about each piece. You will find good information on samplers and collecting needlework throughout our site, as well.
Browse our Past Sales of excellent and interesting samplers and needlework, which may serve as a portfolio of outstanding and notable works that we have handled, as well as an important research tool and reference of important antique schoolgirl embroidery. Our highly acclaimed catalogue, Samplings, has gone digital and all 50 are now here on our website.
Needleworkers have always used needle and thread to tell stories of family memory, and tradition as they stitched samplers or clothing. Presented by Margi Hofer, Museum Director and Vice President of the NYHS, it's a deep dive into Rosena Disery, a student at New York City's African Free School, and her highly significant 1820 sampler.
All of the samplers and needlework pieces shown on our website are available for sale. Many pieces do sell from our website, and we keep the status of our Current Selections up to date. We encourage you to contact us as soon as you know your interest. We are happy to send a sampler out on approval so that you may see it in person before making a final decision.
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