18th Century Material Culture

English & Scottish Samplers

English Samplers
18th Century

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with LinenThread

Early 18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk, Metallic & Hair Thread
by Elanor Guest Early 18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Wool Thread

by Mary Soveli Early 18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

c. 1700 - 1725
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk, Linen & Metallic Thread
1702
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Alls Tanner 1702
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Alse Tanner 1703
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Band Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Champion 1703
(Stephen & Carol Huber)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Thurston of the School of Judith Hayle 1703
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Groome of Ipswitch, Suolk 1704
(Victoria & Albert)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Groome of Ipswitch, Suolk 1704
(Victoria & Albert)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Judith Clarke 1706
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metal Thread Depicting Queen Ann Holding a Sceptor & Orb
Early 18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Martha Wheeler 1710
(Victoria & Albert)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with SilkThread

by Jean Porter 1710
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Linen Thread

by Sarah Anniston 1711
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Band Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Sinderbee 1712
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Thread

1715
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Martha Luck 1715
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Rhoda Staord 1715
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Robson 1719
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Grace Catlin 1719
(Victoria & Albert)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Thread

by Elizabeth Steell 1721
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Jane Greenway 1721
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Sarah Fenn 1721
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Cartwright 1722
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Francis Coltman 1722
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Agnes Hodge 1723 - 1724
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Thread

by Elizabeth Wright 1725
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Sarah Thomas 1728
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Miniature Hollie Point Lace Sampler

by Sophia Deverel - 1st Half 18th Century
(Christies Auction House)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Smith 1729
(Victoria & Albert)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

1729
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Cotton Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Dinah Bird 1729
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

1730
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Linen Thread

by Mary Finkel 1731
(Cooper Hewitt(

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Margaret Burnell 1732
(M. Finkel)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Sarah Hawes, Age 13 1733
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Martha Rayne 1734
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Wray 1734
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Beech 1738
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Sarah Troup 1738
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Mumford 1738 - 1739
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Jane Speed 1738
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Jane Speed 1738
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Sarah Barnett 1738
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Linen & Silk Thread

by Sarah Leesley 1739
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Ann Hart 1740
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Sarah Philips 1742
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Thread

by Philippi Read 1742
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Sarah Cook 1744
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Whitmore 1745
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Thread

by Tarner Simpson of Hesket 1745
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Urania Louth 1746
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Wool Thread

by Emelie Husband Mid 18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Wool Thread

c. 1750 - 1775
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

c. 1750 - 1800
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Gouger 1751
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Ann Winchester 1757
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Badger 1756
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Martha king Fines, Age 9, 1757
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

1759
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

c. 1760
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Linen Thread

by Elizabeth Laidman 1760
(Private Collection)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Cristan Henderson 1762
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Dormer 1762
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Thread

by Elizabeth Muns 1764
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Thread

by Ruth Bolerworth 1766
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Alice Beckwith 1769
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Martha Savage 1769
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Wool Thread

by Mary Grove 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Wool Thread

by Mary Grove 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Ann Debney 1774
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Mason 1773
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by M N 1773
(Gorringes)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

Register for Members of the Dundas Family 1774
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Ann Coleman 1774
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

1777
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Anne Hardy / Sarah Mills 1777
(Wooley & Wallace)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Jane Yates 1779
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Jane Tinkler 1780
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Adam & Eve Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Wool Thread
by Jane Atkinson 1780
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Adam & Eve Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Wool Thread
by Jane Atkinson 1780
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Johnston, Age 9 Years 1780
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Gautier 1781
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Sarah Patterson 1784
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Jane Flint 1784
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by E. Barnes 1784
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Cotton Darning Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Esther Lucas at the Ackworth School 1785
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Linen Thread

by Anne Shodwell 1785
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Wool Darning Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Wool Thread
by Eliza Broadhead 1785
(Victoria & Albert)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Wool Thread

1786
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Ann Bottel 1786
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Susanna Hope Spilsby 1786
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Hall 1786
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Bulley at Mrs. Cooksleys School 1786
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Wool Thread

by Sarah Harris 1786
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Darning Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Knowles 1787
(Victoria & Albert)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Wool Thread

by Jane Skeate 1788
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Silk Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Thread

by Ann Bell 1788
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Silk Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Rosalie Coe 1788
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Adam & Eve Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread
by Susan Rabsom 1789
(Sothebys)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Linen Thread

18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Strod 18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Ann Gawthorn Late 18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

Late 18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

Late 18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

Late 18th Century
(Cooper Hewitt)

English Cotton Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

Late 18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

English or American
Samplers

English or American Linen Embroidered Sampler with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Tournay c. 1760 - 1780
(Private Collection)

English or American Linen Embroidered Sampler with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Tournay c. 1760 - 1780
(Private Collection)

English or American Linen Embroidered Sampler with Silk Thread

by Sarah Dunsworth 1771
(Cooper Hewitt)

English or American Linen Embroidered Sampler with Wool Thread

by Rebekah Parkinson 1780
(Private Collection)

English or American Adam & Eve Embroidered Sampler

1781
(Z &K Antiques)

English or American Adam & Eve Embroidered Sampler

1781
(Z &K Antiques)

Scottish
Samplers

English or Scottish Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Wool Thread
by Mary Smith 1749
(Victoria & Albert)

Scottish Wool Sampler Embroidered with Linen Thread

by Elizabeth Littlejohn 1766
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Scottish Linen Embroidered Sampler with Silk & Metallic Thread

by Isabel Morison 1771
(Cooper Hewitt)

English or Scottish Linen Sampler Embroidered with Linen & Metallic Thread
by Sara Elcock, Age 11 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Scottish Linen Sampler Embroidered with Wool & Silk Thread

1785
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English or Scottish Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Isabel Allan 1786
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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