Meribah Ellis
Chesterfield, Burlington County,
New Jersey, circa 1793
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“Reconnaissance”
Silk Embroidery, France, circa 1800
Phebe Howland
Dartmouth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, 1815
Margaret Swain
Reading, Middlesex County,
Massachusetts, 1816
Emily Chiddy
London, England, 1864
Zoe Davidson
Windham, Rockingham County,
New Hampshire, 1817
Mary C. Cotton
Springfield, Summit County, Ohio, 1841
Rachel Collins
Moorestown, Burlington County,
New Jersey, 1830
Anna Christina Caroline Huldberg
Uppsala, Sweden, 1827
Pictorial and Verse Sampler
England, circa 1800
Ann Fittrow
Conewago Township
York County, Pennsylvania, 1824
Rebecca C. Fritts
Nine Partners School, Dutchess County,
New York, 1826
Susanna Rampley
Suffolk, England, 1776
Sophia P. Reed, taught by Adeline Dean
Hubbardston, Worcester County,
Massachusetts, circa 1823
Eleanor Ann Wildman
age 9, Leesburg,
Loudon County, Virginia,1825
Darning Sampler
Netherlands, 1802
Sarah Eastman
Salisbury, Essex County,
Massachusetts, 1811
Miniature sampler
England, 1798
Ann Elizabeth Hall
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, 1830
Katharine Eliza Peters,
with Sally A. Chamberlin instructress
Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1835
Harriot Bevan
Lifton, Devonshire,
England, 1830
Alletha F. F. Ourand
Washington, DC, 1839
Caroline Darling
Marlborough, Middlesex County,
Massachusetts, 1819
Aline Rouille
Aulnay, France, 1896
Russel Osborn Hunt
Mrs. Cranch’s Academy, Jamaica Plain,
Boston, Massachusetts, 1809
Mary Bear
Leacock, Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, 1836
Motif Sampler initialed GK
Netherlands, 1802
Mildred Dixon
Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire,
England, 1823
Vivienne I. Patrick
Sacramento, Sacramento County
California, 1871
Mary Endicott
Massachusetts, circa 1820
Provenance: Susan B. Swan Collection
Sarah Garwood
Medford, Burlington County
New Jersey, 1808
Margaret Harry
York, Pennsylvania, 1827
Maryetta Smith
Boston, Massachusetts, 1826
Fatima Cushing
Scituate, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts, circa 1817
Sarah E. Sanford, Union Hall Academy
Jamaica, Queens, New York, circa 1818
Dechado
Miagutlan, Oaxaca,
Mexico, 1813
Lucy Harris
Miss Mayo’s School
Portland, Maine, 1817
Sarah Wills
Pine Grove School,
Burlington County, New Jersey, 1811
Rosa Lópes
Student of Doña Mara Alvarado,
Spain, 18th century
Florentina Tabiel de Andrade i Comesana
Spain, 1839
Rafaela Escasena
Under the instruction of Dona Maria G.Z.
Spain, circa 1850
Beadwork, Prince of Wales Heraldic Badge
England, circa 1850
Sophia Evans
Three Royal Naval Ships: Hope, Nelson and Charlotte,
England, circa 1815
Manuela Mozo
Spain, 1826
Anna Landis
Fallsington Boarding School,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1803
Serafina Escacena
Worked at the Royal Academy for Young Ladies,
under the instruction of Doña Mrs. Ana Maria Villazon y Mazamoro, Spain, 1836
Maria de los Dolores Martinez
Spain, dated 1823
Antonia Castillo
Cadiz Free School of The Royal Society,
under the direction of Doña Joaquina Sanchez
Spain, 1829
Catharine Almedia Rankin
New York, New York,
circa 1830
Ruth Ames
Woburn, Middlesex County
Massachusetts, 1811
Exotic Bird on a Basket of Berries,
England, circa 1850
Mary Donnoghue,
Boston, Massachusetts, 1827
Band Sampler,
MEK, United Kingdom, 1732
(left) front of 1732 sampler initialled MEK
(right) reverse of 1732 sampler initialled MEK
Hussif or Sampler Pocket, “A Gift to Jane Hankinson”
England, 1830
Caroline Emerson
United States, 1801
Les Pensionnaires Pieuse,
France, circa 1820
Ann Garrett
Bocking, Essex County,
England, 1802
Mary Tate
Louth, Lincolnshire,
England, 1815
Mercy Kemp,
Yalding, Kent, England, 1814
Susanna Hickson,
Leicestershire, England, 1783
Eliza Williams
England, 1859
Ann Stone
England, 1820
Elizabeth McCoy,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1813
Mary M. Boyden
Ashford, Windham County,
Connecticut, 1827
Mary Jane Sarrell,
“The Watch”, England, 1849