Quaker Samplers
English Quaker Sampler by Maria Harrisson 1816 names Stanstead (near/now in London)
Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS Sampler by Ann Cornell 1807
Margaret Decker 1805 names Baltimore (VD)New Jersey Quaker listed in BOLTON & COE (1921). Mary Robinson in 1820, worked with all family members' initials. Unusual border
Probably Pennsylvania, Quaker Sampler with House, motifs, pious verse, memorial. Hannah Farrell 1821New Jersey Quaker naming Cape May, Judith Ireland 1827Very interesting English/Welsh Extract Sampler by Johanna Williams 1835, "Fortitude" Maria C Douglass 1833 Philadelphia. One of two samplers shown from same school or instructor (unknown at this time)Elizabeth T Sleeper 1827 Philadelphia. One of two from same school/instructor (see previous sampler by Maria C. Douglass 1833)Maria Shoemaker 1834, Philadelphia PA
Sadly damaged, a rare example from Sidcot School by Sarah Payne Lovell 1837
Stunning Salem Co. NJ example by Ruth Hinchman 1831
Pennsylvania Quaker, Mary Cades 1808Sarah Wistar Pennock (Initials only) Philadelphia PA
Acworth School Extract Sampler "Solitude", Eliza Squire 1825 Ackworth School Darning Sampler, Priscilla Boulter 1816
Eliza Bullock 1809, WESTON SCHOOL Darning SamplerVery Large English Quaker Extract & Medallions, Margaret Bird 1816, Hayton near Brampton
Quaker "Simile" by Mary Louisa Stevenson, 18__ , date plucked, names NEW YORK. One of two worked by different girls at same school or with same instructor (unknown at this time)Another Quaker naming NEW YORK and worked under the same tuition as Mary Louisa Stevenson's somewhat larger piece. Theodocia Miller in 1826
Incredibly fine and impressively huge PA Quaker sampler by Mary Lukins 1823
Quaker Motif & Medallion Sampler found in Waynesville Ohio. Silk threads on fine linen gauze. Note the "W" basket center top just below "Emblem of Innocence". "W" baskets can stand for Westtown School or in this case, possibly Waynesville (OH) School. The motif was used later in other samplers.
Pair of miniature Chester Co. PA samplers by Sarah Speakman 1789
Elizabeth Billings 1808, Anglo-American "School", "A Funeral Thought". Exceptional floral border with Adam and Eve bottom center