EditorialMap sampler made at Pleasent Valley Quaker Boarding School, 1809, Made in Dutchess County, Pleasant Valley, New York, United States, American, Silk and chenille embroidery on silk, 16 1/8 x 20 in. (41 x 50.8 cm), Textiles, Polly Platt (American, born A...
EditorialOmsom samplers, which Kim and Vanessa Pham want sold widely in grocery stores, even if it means placement in the ethnic aisle, in Brooklyn on July 25, 2021. (An Rong Xu/The New York Times)
EditorialSampler, Rebecca Laney, Medium: silk embroidery, cotton foundation Technique: cross stitch on plain weave, Thirty samplers (6 have the name Rebecca Laney with dates); with phrases or religious verses. All appear to be from the same period., England, 18...
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embroidered in satin, fishbone, buttonhole, running, cross, and double running stitches, with deflected element work, withdrawn element work, and looping on plain weave foundation, Three emb...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: cotton Technique: embroidered in chain, button hole, satin, overcasting, threaded running, and knot stitches with needle made lace-loop and twist on plain weave foundation, Whitework sampler with seven plackets and eight button holes. ...
EditorialSampler, Maria Guadalupe de Alba, Medium: wool, silk, and cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, back, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation with one brand on knotted net, Patchwork of six smaller samplers., Agua...
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looped and darning stitches on plain weave foundation, Long narrow samplers embroidered with horizontal bands of withdrawn element w...
EditorialSampler, Medium: cotton, glass beads Technique: embroidered with beads on plain weave foundation, Two small, incomplete beadwork samplers joined with needlework. Each has rectangles with floral borders executed in colored beadwork., Mexico, 19th centur...
EditorialWorkers collect wastewater from one of 52 auto samplers around the U.C. San Diego campus used to monitor for possible coronavirus infections, on Dec. 3, 2020. (John Francis Peters/The New York Times)
EditorialMap sampler made at Pleasent Valley Quaker Boarding School, 1809, Made in Dutchess County, Pleasant Valley, New York, United States, American, Silk and chenille embroidery on silk, 16 1/8 x 20 in. (41 x 50.8 cm), Textiles, Polly Platt (American, born A...
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 ...
EditorialMap sampler made at Pleasent Valley Quaker Boarding School, 1809, Made in Dutchess County, Pleasant Valley, New York, United States, American, Silk and chenille embroidery on silk, 16 1/8 x 20 in. (41 x 50.8 cm), Textiles, Polly Platt (American, born A...
EditorialShaker sampler, 1844, Made in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, United States, American, Shaker, Silk and cotton embroidery on linen/cotton, 13 x 11 3/4 in. (33 x 29.8 cm), Textiles, Mariah Boil (born 1832), Few samplers were made in Shaker communities. This ex...
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...