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Martha R. Aaronson, Burlington County, NJ, 1838
Phoebe Abbott, Bishopsbourne School, England, 1831
Phebe Ackerman, Fishkill, New York, 1831
Silk Purse owned by Sally Adams, with papers regarding her tenure as a student at Mary Balch’s school, 1813
ASF, German sampler, dated 1766
Nancy Battelle, silk embroidery entitled “Juvenile Diversion”, Mrs. Rowson School, Boston, circa 1800
Two Samplers by Lucinda Beck, Montgomery County, New York, 1831 & 1836
SB, Bethel, Maine, 1826
The Finding of Moses, Ann Bramley, England 1846
Emma Brough, England, 1849
Bullfinch and Basket of Strawberries, England, circa 1825
Sarah Jane Burnham, Ipswich, Massachusetts, circa 1833
Civil War Carpetbag, owned by Thomas K. Jones of Portland, Maine, circa 1860
Beadwork Case Initialed MC, European, circa 1850
Beadwork Case, European, circa 1850
Beadwork Eyeglass Case, European, circa 1850
Set of Wrought Iron Quilting Clamps, impressed "P. Bertsch", Pennsylvania, circa 1850-1870
Set of Wrought Iron Quilting Clamps with Flared Wingnuts and Filework, Pennsylvania, circa 1850-1870
Pinkeep, Eliza Cook, England, circa 1860
Ann Crisp, probably Philadelphia, 1785
Lydia Cummings, Winchendon, Mass., 1824
Darning Sampler, northern Europe, 1788
Basket of Flowers with Butterflies and Sheep, Delaware, circa 1810
Downe Family Register, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, circa 1825Downe Family Register, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, circa 1825
Dutch Motif Sampler Initialed LVG, 1786
FCC, Plain Sewing Samplers, European, circa 1850
Tabitha Field, Chesterfield, Burlington Co., New Jersey, 1820
Eleanor Fisher, Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1839
Beadwork Fob with Rampant Lion, England, mid 19th century
Friesian Sampler, DF, Holland, 1738
Charlotte Frye, Andover, Massachusetts, 1811
Geffroy Family Print-work Silk Embroidery, Mary Balch School, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1818
Mercy Gillow, St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England, 1769
Evelina S. Gilman, Canterbury school, New Hampshire, circa 1825
Polly Goodridge, silk embroidery memorial to two siblings, Lynn, Massachusetts, circa 1815
George Washington Printed Handkerchief, American, circa 1810
Hector, Portrait of a Lion, England, circa 1850
Agnes Henry, Beadwork sampler on punched paper, Scotland, 1848
Eunice L. Holt, Hopewell, New Jersey, 1837
Louisa Hose, England, dated 1840
Mary Howe, England, 1832
Elizabeth K. Hunt, Stoddard, New Hampshire, 1825
ICH, Hamburg, Germany, 1819
Buttonhole Sampler, initialed IDA, Germany, 1811
Silk embroidered picture, Italy, circa 1800
“John and Ellin” Ship sampler, Wales, circa 1825
Eliza Kenney, Cold Overton Asylum, Leicestershire, England, 1828
Emily Knox, York County, Maine, 1826
Mary Ann Leaman, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1842
Hannah Lewis, Philadelphia, 1812
Sally G. Lovejoy, Wilton, New Hampshire, circa 1810
LP, Pennsylvania German, 1842
Margaret McLeod, Greenock, Scotland, 1818
Zelphia Merrill, Durham, Maine, 1827
Elizabeth Mitchell, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1828
Needle Case signed "Worked by Ann Coleman abt 1832"
Needlework Flowers on Paper, England, 1803
Jane Nelson, Turner’s Hospital, Kirkleatham, England, 1813
Mary Pearse, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1810
"Memen to Mori" silk embroidery, Moses and Elizabeth Peck, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1810
Pennsylvania German Sampler dated 1820, Warwick, Lancaster County, PA
Les Pensionnaires Pieuse, France, circa 1820
Pictorial Sampler, Scotland, 1809
Miniature Turned Pin Cushion with Original Paint Decoration, American, circa 1850
Pin Cushion, America, 1879
“Merry Christmas” Pin Cushion, English, circa 1915
Pocketbook, European, late 18th century
Whimsical Potholder, England, circa 1890
Charlotte Reed, Milton, Massachusetts, 1813
Sophia L. Richardson, Cornish, New Hampshire, circa 1831
Kezia Ridgway, Salem County, New Jersey, 1800
Hannah Riley, England, 1828
Russian Embroidery, Tver Region, late 19th Century
Eliza Sanger, Newton Academy, Mass., 1805
Decorated Sewing Clamp with Pin Cushion, American, c.1850
Elizabeth Simpson, Solebury, Bucks County, PA, 1815
Sarah Smith, England, circa 1800
Margaret Spender, England, 1810
Spool Holder with Drawer, American, Early 19th Century
Spot Sampler, England, mid 17th century
Stanwood Family Silk Embroidered Memorial, Massachusetts or New York, circa 1805
Matilda Stedman, Southbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 1828
Straw Work Needlecase, England, late 19th century
Ann Suydam, Brooklyn, New York, 1833
Margaret Swayer, Ohio Shaker Sampler, North Union Community, 1844
Loom-Woven Beadwork Tape, Europe, circa 1835
Isabella Taylor, Birmingham, England, 1783
Treenware Olive Wood Thread Holder, probably English, late 19th century
Maria Van Wyk, Dutch Darning Sampler, Holland, 1762
Elizabeth Walton, Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1809
Dolly Warriner Silk Embroidery, Mary Balch School, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1810
Ann Davey Wells, England, 1785
Mary Wing, Braceby, Lincolnshire, England, 1845
Mary Woodruff, Miss Barton’s School, Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, 1835
Ann Wright, England, 1840

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