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American Linen Embroidered Sampler with Linen Threadby Loara Standish, Daughter of Myles Standish of Plymouth, Massachusetts

c. 1653(Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Russell, Probably of Boston, Massachusetts 1719(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Katherine Bradstreet of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1700 - 1750(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Ann Chase of Newport, Rhode Island 1721(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Wool Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Ruth Biles,Attributed to Ann Marsh & Mary Morris of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1722(Sothebys - Mary Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

Rhode Island c. 1725(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Thompson of New England Early 18th Century(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Burgess, Age 10 Years, of Rhode Island 1725(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Burgess, Age 10 Years, of Rhode Island 1725(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Katherine Almy & Her Daughter, Hannah Townsend of Rhode Island 1725 - 1750(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Martha Butler, Age 12 Years, Student of Susanna Conody 1729(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Adam & Eve Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Millbrough Fasbrook 1729(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Dresden Work Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Kirby of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1730(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Fragment Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mehetable Stoddard of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1730 - 1740(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Sampler

by Hannah Townsend, Age 16 Years, of Chester County, Pennsylvania 1734(Private Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Linen Thread

by Margaret Grant 1737(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Hannah Trecothick of Boston, Massachusetts 1738(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Ruth Rogers of Boston, Massachusetts 1739(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Ann Wing of Boston, Massachusetts 1739(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Margaret Palfrey of Boston, Massachusetts 1739(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Prudence Dunbar of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1740(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Pinckney of Boston, Massachusetts 1742(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Fleet of Boston, Massachusetts 1743(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Chicken, Attributed to Elizabeth Hext, Instructress, Goorcreek Charlestown, South Carolina 1745(Sothebys)

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American Linen Adam & Eve Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Dowrick of Boston, Massachusetts 1747(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Adam & Eve Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Dowrick of Boston, Massachusetts 1747(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Dorothy Williams, Age 15 Years, of Newton, Massachusetts 1747(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Adam & Eve Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Emmons of Boston, Massachusetts 1749(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Linen, Metallic & Hair Thread

by Elisabeth Pecker 1750(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Whitework Linen Sampler Embroidered with Linen Thread

Mid 18th Century(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Elizabeth Heath of New England c. 1750 - 1775(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Hannah Holland 1755(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler

by Elizabeth Benson 1756(Private Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Thread

by Sarah Toppan of Newbury, Massachusetts 1756(Christies Auction House)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Thread

by Alice Pearlee 1759(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Dixwell of Boston, Massachusetts 1760(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

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

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by "Haphzibah Lord/sampler/Made at her Uncle Eliot." Probably Boston, Massachusetts c. 1760(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Anna Lobdell of the Ann Marsh School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1761(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Dresden Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Sarah Marriott, Age 12 Years, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1762(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Adam & Eve Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Hannah Dolbeare, Age 12 Years, of Boston, Massachusetts 1762(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Phebe Spencer of Newport, Rhode Island 1763(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Casey of Newport, Rhode Island c. 1763(Private Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Thread

by Dorothy Ashton of Salem, Massachusetts c. 1764(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Thread

by Elisabeth Lords of Norwich, Connecticut 1764(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Thread

by Naby Lords of Norwich, Connecticut 1765(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Abigail Shearman, Likely Under the Tutelage of Sarah Osborn of Newport, Rhode Island 1764(M. Finkel)

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American Linen Adam & Eve Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary De Grushe of New York 1765(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Langdon of Massachusetts 1765(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Rebekah White of Salem, Massachusetts 1766(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Susannah Saunders of the Sarah Stivours School, Salem, Massachusetts 1766(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Mary Greene 1766(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Biblical Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread

by Sarah Lawrence of New York City 1768(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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America Linen Sampler Embroidered with Linen Thread

by Sally Jackson, Age 11 Years, of Massachusetts (Probably Boston) 1771(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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America Linen Sampler Embroidered with Linen Thread

by Sally Jackson, Age 11 Years, of Massachusetts (Probably Boston) 1771(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler of Adam & Eve Embroidered with Silk & Wool Threadby Mary (Canney) of Boston, Massachusetts, or NewHampshire 1772

(Sothebys)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Abigail Mears 1772

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Sarah Wisters of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1773

(Philadelphia Museum of Art)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Mary Hill of Rhode Island 1773

(Philadelphia Museum of Art)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Mary Batchelder 1773

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Catherine Congdon 1773

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Sally Roberts 1774

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Ann Clarkson (Born in England c. 1765) 1775

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Ann Clarkson (Born in England c. 1765) 1775

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Thread1775

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Phebe Abbot c. 1776

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Jane Loxley, Daughter of Benjamin Loxely (Carpenters Hall) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania c. 1776

(M. Finkel)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Wool & Silk Threadby Elizabeth Je!eris of Chester County, Pennsylvania 1777

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Love Bickford c. 1780 - 1789

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Betsy Bucklin of Providence, Rhode Island 1781

(The National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Institution)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Betsy Bucklin of Providence, Rhode Island 1781

(The National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Institution)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Hannah Phippen, Age 13 Years, of Salem, Massachusetts 1781

(Keno Auctions)

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American Linen Sampler in Silk Threadby Betsy Gill of the Sarah Fiske Stivours School, Salem, Massachusetts 1781

(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler in Silk Threadby Polly Phippen, Age 13 Years, of the Sarah Fiske Stivours School, Salem, Massachusetts 1783

(Sothebys)

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American Linen Sampler in Silk Threadby Sally Wittof the Sarah Fiske Stivours School, Salem, Massachusetts 1786

(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler in Silk Threadby Sarah Swett of Haverhill, Massachusetts c. 1783

(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler in Silk Threadby Lydia Doggett of Newburyport or Attleboro, Massachusetts c. 1783

(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler in Silk, Linen & Cotton Threadby Mary Babb 1783

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Samplerby Nabby Green, Age 9 Years, of Mansfield, Massachusetts 1784

(Phoebus Auction Gallery)

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American Linen Samplerby Nabby Green, Age 9 Years, of Mansfield, Massachusetts 1784

(Phoebus Auction Gallery)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Eliza Coggeshall, Age 10 Years, of Newport, Rhode Island 1784

(Sothebys)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Threadby Sarah Waterman of Providence, Rhode Island 1785

(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Nabby Dexter of Mary Balchs School, Providence, Rhode Island 1785

(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Rebecca Whitwell, Probably Warren, Rhode Island 1785

(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby May Munro at Miss Balchs School in Providence, Rhode Island 1785

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Lucy Coit, Age 12 Years, of Norwich, Connecticut 1785

(Philadelphia Museum of Art / Sothebys)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk & Wool Threadby Peggy Dodge 1785

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Nancy Owen Marsh of New England 1785

(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk, Linen & Metallic ThreadbyPolly Turner of the Mary Balch School, Providence, Rhode Island 1786

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Mehitable Foster, Age 15 Years, of Canterbury, New Hampshire 1786

(Sothebys)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Martha Avery, Age 13 Years, of Norwich, Connecticut 1786

(Sothebys)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Ann Anthony, Age 10 Years, of Newport, Rhode Island 1786

(Sothebys)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Ann Anthony, Age 10 Years, of Newport, Rhode Island 1786

(Sothebys)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Ann Anthony, Age 10 Years, of Newport, Rhode Island 1786

(Sothebys)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Miss Elizabeth Stymets, Age 10 Years, of New York City 1786

(Sothebys - Mary Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Harriet Bradbury 1786

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Dresden Work Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Susanna Meyer of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1787

(Sothebys - Mary Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Mary Childs 1787

(Cottones Auctions)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Sally Fallonsbe, Age 14 Years 1787

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Ruth Briggs of the Sarah Stivours School, Salem, Massachusetts 1788

(Sothebys - Betty Ring Collection)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Sarah Bowler of New Hampshire 1788

(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Elizabeth Pedrick of Marblehead, Massachusetts 1788

(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Mary Alexander of Newbury, Massachusetts 1788

(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Charlotte Spier 1788

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler in Silk Threadby Naby Dane, Age 12 Years, at Sarah Fiske Stivours School, Salem, Massachusetts 1789

(Sothebys)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Caty Field at Mary Balchs School, Providence, Rhode Island 1789

(Stephen & Carol Huber)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Abigail Adams 1789

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Ruth Collins of Rhode Island Late 18th Century

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Jud...French 18th Century

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Wool Threadby MaryAnn Smith at the Scofton School 18th Century

(Cooper Hewitt)

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American Linen Sampler Embroidered with Silk Threadby Mehitable Russell 18th Century

(Cooper Hewitt)

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