EditorialSamplers of embroidery and crochet, Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered in satin, fishbone, buttonhole, running, cross, and double running stitches, with deflected element work, withdrawn element work, and looping on plain weave foundation, Three emb...
EditorialSampler, Francesca Martin, Medium: silk and wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, long-armed cross, satin, and double running stitches on plain weave foundation, Patchwork of six small samplers. Predominantly in red and ...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, double running, surface looped and darning stitches on plain weave foundation, Long narrow samplers embroidered with horizontal bands of withdrawn element w...
EditorialBand sampler, 1739, Made in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silk embroidery on linen, Framed: 18 11/16 x 10 9/16 x 1 in. (47.5 x 26.8 x 2.5 cm), Textiles, Ann Sayres (born 1727), American samplers made before 1750 are very rare. In ...
EditorialEmbroidered Sampler, 1721, Made in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, American, Wool embroidered with silk thread, 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (31.1 x 21 cm), Textiles, Anne Chase (born 1709), American samplers from the first half of the eighteenth century a...