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Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1945-54-18

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1945-54-17

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Wide border with design of birds on uprights stems bearing flowers and leaves, fish with scrolls; narrow border with mermaids holding tails, birds flowers and scrolls.

Band (Greece), 18th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
1943-19-5

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Narrow border with mermaids and scrolls ending in carnations and scrolls enclosing double-headed eagles. Wide border with floral sprays above an anchor, birds on plant growing out of a basket.

Band (Greece), 18th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
1943-19-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Embroidery in formalized design of interlacements, leaves and carnations with narrow borders of carnations.

Band (Greece), 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
1943-19-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Cross borders in floral and geometric patterns at the top and below; alphabets, numerals, and date in wreath; Pascal Lamb, Crucifixion with inscriptions, animals, birds and flowers.

Sampler (Germany), 1740
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-99

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Floral borders surrounding the alphabet and initials "F. D. M. L."; scenes showing a woman in a gate with vases of flowers, a bird, and a wreath with the initial "B".

Sampler (Italy), 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-9

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

The center field contains an alphabet, a verse, trees and a large house. With a wide floral border on three sides, and an inscription at the bottom.
The verse reads:
Time has Wings and swiftly flies
Youth and beauty fade away
Virtue is the only prize
Whose sacred joys will ne'er decay

Inscribed: Betsy Adams work wrought in the ninth year of her age

Sampler (USA), 1805
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-86

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Within an octagonal framework are bands of alphabets and numerals, a verse and inscription, floral cross borders and a landscape showing three buildings with trees and sheep. With roses in the spandrels.
The verse reads:
The loss of a father is great. The loss of a mother is more. The loss of Christ is such a loss that no man can restore.
Inscribed: Wrought by Susan S Bagnell aged 8 Plymouth AD 1827

Sampler (USA), 1827
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-75

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Embroidered sampler with bands of alphabets and numerals, floral and geometric borders, and an inscription.
At the bottom are two trees, one surrounded by birds, the other with birds flying away from it; the trees are identified as 'The Good Tree' and 'The Evil Tree'.
The verse reads:
Let Virtue be a Guide to Me
When this you see Remember Me

Sampler (USA), 1787
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-74

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

A wide floral border with a dark blue ground divides the sampler in two. Above, alphabets, numerals and an inscription:

Mary Green Her Sampler Made in the Eleventh Year of Her Age 1766

Below, a verse:

Beauty and Pride We Often Find
Betrays the weakness of the Mind
He hansom [sic] is and merist prais [sic]
That Handsom dos the proverb Says

The loss of a father is great
But the loss of a Mother is more
But the loss of Christ is such a loss
As no man can restore.

Surrounded on four sides by a stylized strawberry vine border.

Sampler (USA), 1766
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-73

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Family Register Sampler (USA)

Family Register Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1941-69-70

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Large vase of flowers with verse above and inscription below, surrounded on three sides with a border of roses set in octagonal frames. The verse reads:

The maid who led by wisdom's guiding hand
Seek's virtue's temple and her law reveres
She She alone in honours dome shall stand
Crownd with Rewards and rais'd above her peers
Re cording annals shall preserve her name
And give her virtues immortal fame

And the inscription:
Done by Harriet Bradbury August 17 1786

Sampler (USA), 1786
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-67

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1941-69-65

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Spot motifs, including a large bouquet of flowers tied with a ribbon at center, surrounded by two houses, flowers, a butterfly, a crown, and a teapot. On four sides, a stylized strawberry vine border. A verse appears at the top:

First SPRING advancing with her flowry train
Here SUMMERS hand that spreads the sylvan scene
Then AUTUMN with her yellow harvests crownd
And trembling WINTER close the annual round

Charlot Chadwick 1798

Sampler (USA), 1798
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-57

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1941-69-55

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1941-69-53

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Several bands of alphabets and numerals separated by geometric and floral cross borders, with a verse and inscription:
God give me grace i ask no more
Contentment is a constant store
Ann Thornton Aged nine Years Anno Domini 1798

In the lower half, a landscape showing trees growing out of mounds with animals, birds, insects, and baskets of flowers. With an angular strawberry vine border.

Sampler (USA), 1798
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-52

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1941-69-51

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

In the upper half, a record of the births of members of the Sacket family: Stephen Sacket born May 23 1752. Eunice Lovering born Dec. 23 1748. Married Nov. 25 1776. Steph'n Sacket Jr. born Aug 7 1777. Eunice Sacket born April 25 1779. Hannah Sacket born Aug 7 1781. Sally Sacket born April 21 1786. Daniel Sact. born Sept 23 1790.

Followed by a verse:
In prosperity friends are plenty
In adversity not one in twenty

With scattered floral motifs and the initials SS in the lower half, and a floral border on three sides. The black background is embroidered on natural colored cloth.

Sampler (USA), ca. 1796
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-46

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Alphabets, highly stylized floral elements, and an inscription embroidered in colored silks on a white linen ground. Surrounded by a chain link border with four-leaf clovers and spades in the corners.
The inscription reads:
Elizabeth Ann Herrin Andrews 6 years 10 days October the 17th Anno Domini 1755

Sampler (USA), 1755
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-44

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

In the center is a double-headed eagle surrounded by flowers and an inscription. Four wide borders of geometric forms and lions (?) and five narrow borders.

Sampler (Spain), 1826
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-42

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1941-69-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1941-69-33

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fifteen cross borders in geometric and floral patterns and below, in a panel, the initials "S A S" and date "1685" in a wreath, floral ornament, crowns and alphabet.

Sampler (Germany), 1685
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-256

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Central panel with name, alphabet and numerals in cross stitch; surrounded by borders in drawnwork of geometric patterns. Birds and lamb in each corner and a flower motif worked in satin stitch.

Sampler (Mexico), 18th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-252

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Alphabets, numerals, birds, plants, people all surrounded by a border of scrolls. Bound with pink silk ribbon.

Sampler (Italy), ca. 1815
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-248

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

The field has scattered motifs including house, a peacock, urns of flowers, birds, and Adam and Eve with the Tree of Knowledge. Surrounded on three sides with a geometric border and on all four with a strawberry vine border. With the date 1789 at the top and the inscription Abigail Adams her work New York at the bottom.

Sampler (USA), 1789
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-243

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Map of England and Wales with surrounding waters on which are ships with sailors.

Map Sampler (England), 1797
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-24

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1941-69-237

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Cross borders containing geometric and floral patterns, alphabets, numerals; in panel are two medallions with initials "MDF" and "ISG" and the date "1757." Also features Crucifixion, Pascal Lamb, St. George and the Dragon and various animals.

Sampler (Germany), 1757
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-230

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1941-69-23

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Sampler (USA)
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
1941-69-225

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Detached motifs in a central square with radiating borders.

Sampler (Spain), 1809
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-211

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Unfinished horizontal sampler embroidered in vivid colors. The lower half is predominantly bands of flame and geometric patterns. The upper half has some small-scale floral borders and an unfinished bird on a nest.

Sampler (Mexico), 18th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-200

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

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