Needlework sampler by Maria Bescoby aged 8
Sampler of various needlework techniques sewn on to paper, including patch, button-hole, pin tucks and hemming. Written inscription: Maria Bescoby, Standard IV'.
From the Staffordshire County ...
Needlework sampler by Maria Wilson
Linen. Black and brown silk threads in cross, four-sided stitch and eyelet hole stitch. All edges hemmed. Alphabets, numerals and simple border patterns. Inscribed 'Maria Wilson Nov.br 8th 1823'. ...
Needlework sampler by Mary Adela Blagg
Cotton background. Coloured woollen thread in cross and eyelet hole stitch. Selvedge at bottom. Alphabet, numerals, tree, flower, basket of fruit, heart, crown and animal motifs. Inacribed: 'Mary ...
Needlework Sampler by Mary Anne Mann
Cross stitch sampler, beige cloth, edged with five rows, pink, blue, red. Alphabet, numerals and maker's name: 'Mary Ann Mann 1834'.
From the Staffordshire County Collection
Needlework sampler by Mary Anne Moore
Map of England and Wales, showing county boundries, red and green silk threads on open canvas. From the Staffordshire County Collection.
Needlework maps came into fashion towards the end of the 18th ...
Needlework sampler by Mary Hodson, aged 12
Linen background. Coloured cotton threads worked in cross-stitch. Alphabets, numerals and simple border patterns. Tacked onto paper backing. Inscription: 'Mary Hodson, her work Aged 12 Eccleshall ...
Needlework sampler by Mary Jones, aged 11
Sampler worked in cross-stitch on a rectangular piece of fine cream woollen fabric. Illustrated with flowers, insects and animals and two figures standing either side of a building. Worked in woollen ...
Needlework sampler by Mary Parry
From the Staffordshire County Museum Collection.
Towards the end of the 18th century, samplers taught not only sewing but also literacy in the forms of alphabets, numerals and religious texts. These ...
Needlework sampler by Mary Riley of Fulford School
Linen background. Worked in coloured wollen threads. Three edges are hemmed. Alphabets, numerals, geometric bands all within simple geometric border. Inscribed: 'mary Riley. Fulford School 1863.' ...
Needlework sampler by Matilda Ambross aged 14 years
From the Staffordshire County Museum Collection.
Towards the end of the 18th century, samplers taught not only sewing but also literacy in the forms of alphabets, numerals and religious texts. These ...
Needlework sampler by Sarah Aston, aged 11
Linen background. Worked in pink, ble and ochre woollen threads and stone cotton thread. Alphabet and numerals in cross-stitch and eyelet stitch. Inscribed: 'Sarah Aston Her Work Aged 11 1832'. Sarah ...
Needlework sampler by Sarah Bollington aged 11 years
From the Staffordshire County Museum collection.
18th and 19th century samplers and education:
By around 1720 the shape of the samplers began to change and it became much squarer, a greater variety ...
Needlework sampler by Sarah Ellen Knight
Cross stitch sampler on yellow linen. Selvedge on left side. Alphabet, numerals and verse with a simple border pattern. Maker's name: 'Sarah Ellen Knight 1853'.
Dimensions 30.5cm x 26.7cm
From ...
Needlework sampler by Sarah Heler aged 10 years
Cotton background. Coloured silk threads in cross and eyelet hole stitches. Alphabets and numerals in simple border patterns. Inscribed: 'Sarah Heler Aged 10. 1856'. From the Staffordshire County ...
Needlework sampler by Sarah Warner
Green needlework on a cream linen ground. Alphabet, numerals and poem. Maker's name: 'Sarah Warner November 29th 1823'.
From the Staffordshire County Collection
Needlework sampler Cox & Co
From the Staffordshire County Museum Collection.
Needlework sampler, Abbots Bromley
Cross stitch sampler with silk threads. The verse reads: 'An Adress / Jesus permit thy sacred name to stand / The feeble effort of an infant child / And while her fingers on the canvas move / Engage her ...
Needlework sampler, by Mary Ann Price
Cross stitich sampler worked on natural canvas fabric from the Staffordshire County Museum Collection.
The samplers were worked by Mary Anne Price, at Great Haywood School between 1882 and 1884.
Plain ...