Texiles/Samplers

Here is a wonderful early hooked rug with a majestic stag in a mountain and stream setting with a tree on this left that has a squirrel on one of its limbs and one by its base. A beautiful rug with no holes or new hooking. A section of the edging at the bottom on the back has been rewrapped. The rug is 53" by 28". The colors are sharp and vibrant. In very good condition.

Price $475

This is a very nice early small 19th century American needlework sampler wrought by the hand of L. Hawthorne in 1809. The colors are very warm shades of greens, brown, and a cream. The sampler has two lines of the alphabet, followed by L. Hawthorne, below that is 1809 and at the bottom is a scene of seven different flowers. It is in very good condition no losses or damage.

Priced at a low $395

This is a very pretty folky Grenfell hooked mat of a Canadian goose in flight. Dr. Wilfred Grenfell went to New Foundland in 1892 where he introduced a weaving and handicraft industry to help the area woman earn an income to offset the lulls in the fishing industry that most of their husbands were involved in. By 1908 they were producing these hand hooked mats made from old silk stockings cut into strips and dyed. There is a "Grenfell Industries" tag sewn on the back.The goose in flight is a rare seldom seen pattern. The colors are still very bright. There is some loss to the hooking at the very edges of the mat. The mat is 9 x 7"

Price is $395

This is a beautiful early 19th century American needlework sampler wrought by the hand of Nancy Farnsworth at her age of 14 and dated July 16, 1827. It is a very nice sampler in great condition. Its colors are greens, browns, tans and black. There is also a very unusal red bird. There are several lines of the alphabet and a verse surround with a floral border which reads "Youth the spring time of our years, Short the rapid scene appears, Let's improve the fleeting hours, Virtues noblest fruits be ours". I guesss you have to label this an "imcomplete" sampler, the leaves that extend off the floral border were not completed from the left of the top center 2/3 of the way down the felt side. It doesnt take away from this sampler's beauty. It is mounted in an early wooden frame with a very mellow brown patina. It measures 20" by 19".

Priced at $1400

This a very nice early American needlework pictorial sampler done by the hand of Sarah Elizabeth Fleming of Lowerville, NH. It has a date on it of July, 22 1832, The body of the sampler has a beautiful brown NE house with a second smaller building surrounded by a fence and foliage. There are flowers, trees and a handled urn all surrounded by a flower and vine border. The primary colors are greens, browns a cream with a touch of blue. The frame measures 19" by 14", the sampler is actually 16" by 11". It is in very good condition with no losses and slight age staining.

Price $1695

Offered is this pair of early 19th century American needlework samplers both worked by the hand of Sarah M Tuttle in the year of 1830 when she was 10 years of age. Born in Wolcott, New Haven, CT. The first sampler has several lines of the alphabet and numbers, below that Sarah stitched a house, flowers, trees and a bird. Along with her name and age, there is a short verse which inspite of there not being any losses I can only make out certain words. The colors are very soft browns, greens and tan. There are no losses, repairs or damage (any light or white spots in the photos are the result of the camera). In frame it measures 18 1/2" by 13" and is in an early gilded wooden frame.

The second and larger sampler is a family register of the Tuttle family. Father Lucius and mother Rebekah married in 1802. It lists the births of 10 of their children. There is a very decorative stitched border. No holes damage or repairs. It looks like someone a little later stitched the letter M next to Rebeckah's name (it may have been her wanting to put her middle initial on the sampler). It also is in a old gilded wooden frame.

Having two samplers done by the same girl are rare, in this condition is a wonderful find.

Priced at $1350

This is very nice lindsy woolsey with alternating red and blue "stripes". It has a very nice quilting pattern on it and is in very good condition. The back is a bit unusual as it made of early pieces of wool cloth. It measures 78" by 83". The contrasting colors look very good together which makes this a stunning piece.

Priced very reasonable at $1250

This is a beautiful early 19th century American New England sampler wrought by the hand of Catherine Van Liew on May 11, 1809. It has several lines of the alphabet along with "Catherine Van Liew her sampler made May 11 1809". At the bottom is a scene with a basket of flowers in the center flanked by tall trees, flowers and birds. The colors are very warm greens, browns and black. It is in very good condition with only one very small hole down by the basket. It is framed in a period guilded frame and measures 12" by 9"

Priced at $495

Here is a beautiful early 19th century American needlework sampler worked by the hand of Lucy Pierce in 1807 in the 9th year of her life. A genealogy search places a Lucy Pierce in the Hillsbourough, NH area. At the top of the sampler is a very nicely stitched urn with two pots of flowers on each side. The verse at the bottom reads (as best as I can read it) "Virtue bright ??????? of youth, Sincerity unblushing truth, Thro all life's seasons these will please, In all life's storms secure hearts ease. The colors are very rich greens, browns, yellows, black and blues. In very good condition, no losses or repairs (any white or light spots are from the camera). In the frame it measures 19 1/2' by 16". A very nice colorful sampler for very reasonable money.

Priced at $2195