 | Needlework Picture - Children and Sheep
Needlework and watercolor picture of three young people with a sheep. A village is visible in the left mid-ground. Watercolor was used for the sky and flesh tones. The glass with reverse painted inscription in gold and black is original; frame is a replacement. |
 | Needlework Mourning Picture for George Washington
Needlework picture with an embroidered and ink-drawn image of an allegorical female figure (possibly Liberty) holding an American flag with a black eagle and leaning on a pedestal with an urn. Pedestal reads: "Sacred to the memory of/G. WASHINGTON./Obt. Dec. 14, 1799./AE T. 68 YEARS." This is a... |
 | Needlework Family Register, Samuel Culver and Eliza...
Needlework family register sampler stitched over one and two threads on 32-count bleached fabric. Bottom edge is selvage, top and sides are turned under and hemmed. Diamond motifs along the right side. Family register information for the family of Samuel Culver and Eliza Buckmaster. Two verses:... |
 | Unfinished Needlework Sampler
Unfinished needlework sampler stitched over two threads on 24-count unbleached fabric. All edges turned under and hemmed. Outer border is a satin stitch sawtooth; on top and bottom it is green on the outside and pink and white on the inside; on sides green and pink alternate, sometimes green and... |
 | Needlework Sampler, Polly Noyes
Needlework sampler by Polly Noyes stitched on 20-count unbleached linen over one and two threads. Floral vine border on sides and at top and bottom. One upper-case alphabet, numbers 1 through 10, ampersand, crown. Signed, "Polly Noyes Her Sampler Made In The 11th Year Of Her Age born October The 9th... |
 | Needlework Sampler, Sally Wheelock
Needlework sampler by Sally Wheelock stitched on unbleached 24-count linen. Bottom is selvage; other edges are raw and unfinished. Outer border is a single row of long-arm cross-stitch. Two alphabets (one upper-case and one lower-case), numbers 1 through 0, diamond motifs. Signed, "Sally Wheelock... |
 | Needlework Marking Sampler, Sarah D. Wells
Needlework marking sampler by Sarah D. Wells stitched over two threads on unbleached 28-count linen. Hemstitched on all edges. Entirely stitched in blue cross-stitch. One outer border. Two upper case alphabets, numbers 1 to 10, dated 1839, with place "Salem" and signed "Sarah D. Wells/July 2. Aged... |
 | Needlework Family Register, Prince Bracket and Cornelia...
Needlework family register for Prince Bracket and Cornelia Taylor stitched over one and two threads on 36-count bleached linen with horizontal blue thread at 1/4" intervals. Entirely cross-stitched in dark brown with family birth dates for the family of Prince Bracket and Cornelia Taylor. |
 | Unfinished Needlework Family Register, Taylor
Unfinished needlework family register stitched over one and two threads on 32-count bleached linen with horizontal blue thread at 1/4" intervals. Register is divided into quarters, but only the top left quarter is filled in with births of the David Taylor and Mary Fiske family. Entirely stitched in... |
 | Unfinished Needlework Sampler, Caroline M. Brackett
Unfinished needlework sampler by Caroline M. Brackett stitched over two threads on 28-count bleached linen. Linen has a blue thread running horizontally at 3/8" intervals. Three sides are hemmed; one side is selvage. One outer border. Two upper case alphabets, one lower case alphabet, crown motif,... |
 | Needlework Sampler, Sally (Sarah) M. Bradford
Needlework sampler by Sally M. Bradford stitched over two threads on 44-count bleached linen. All edges hemmed. Two upper-case alphabets, one lower-case alphabet, numbers 1 to 12, diamond motifs, birds, tree motifs, "SB" monograms. Signed and dated, "Sally M Bradford, Aged 11 years, Cornwall, Sept. |
 | Needlework Family Register, Luther and Polly Buel
Needlework family register sampler stitched over one and two threads on unbleached 32-count fabric. Top and bottom are selvage, sides are turned under and hemmed. Outer border is cross-stitched with one stitch skipped at regular intervals to create diagonal lines around the sampler. Body of sampler... |
 | Unfinished Needlework Sampler, Charles Family
Unfinished needlework sampler from the Charles family stitched over two threads on 32-count bleached fabric. Outer border on three sides is a floral vine; inner border on three sides is a single row of pink cross-stitch. The bottom has a satin stitch sawtooth border. Four alphabets (three upper case... |
 | Needlework Sampler, Lucy Rice
Needlework sampler stitched over one and two threads on 24-count unbleached linen. Three alphabets; one lower-case and two upper-case. Numbers 1 through 20, 30 and 40. Two verses, but only one is still legible, "When tides of youthful blood run high And seens of promised joys are nigh Health... |
 | Needlework Sampler, Sally Wescott
Needlework sampler by Sally Westcott stitched over two threads on unbleached 24-count linen. Two sides are hemmed, two are selvage. One outer border. Three upper-case alphabets, one lower-case alphabet, diamond motif. Signed "Sally Westcott's Sampler Wrought in the 11th Year of her age." Verse,...
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