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Henrietta Salara Baker
Henrietta Salara Baker was born June 15, 1810 in Plaistow, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Plaistow is a small town on the Massachusetts border, about five miles north of Haverhill, Mass. Henrietta's father, Gideon Baker, was of Grafton, Vermont, and moved to Plaistow, and wed Sarah Kelly in 1802. Henrietta was the oldest of three; she had two brothers, Cornelius and John.
While in Plaistow, ...
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Sally Lovejoy
This is a fine rarity: a delicately worked little American sampler that is listed in the highly important 1921 publication entitled American Samplers, by Bolton and Coe. The sampler was then in the collection of Mrs. Thomas A. Lawton who was acknowledged by Betty Ring to be one of the foremost collectors of American samplers in the early 20th century. Many of her samplers were exhibited in 1913 at...
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Mary Ann Hoch
"Nur Die Tugend ist Der Weisen Zicht" which translates to "Only the quality of wisdom counts" is the aphorism inscribed on this rare Pennsylvania German sampler. The maker was Mary Ann Hoch of Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania who was born there in 1819, the daughter of Henry and Susan (Frantz) Hoch. Mary Ann's sampler is listed in Tandy and Charles Hersh's book, Samplers of the Pennsy...
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Sarah Elizabeth Bannister
American samplers with large houses and lawn scenes have long been considered been desirable, and this sampler by Sarah Elizabeth Bannister is a fine example. She notes that her sampler was "worked in the eighth year of her age," meaning that she was just seven years old when she stitched this remarkable piece. This handsome and detailed house was rendered with a stone façade, a pitched roof and a...
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Julia Naden
Julia Naden worked this sampler in 1837. Essentially a marking sampler, she practiced her alphabets and decorative bands, including a handsome Greek key pattern. A wonderful little turn of phrase make this simple sampler most attractive, "Piety and virtue are particularly graceful and becoming in all." Julia worked a thin undulating border to frame her work.
Worked in blue thread on tan linen t...
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