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Amanda Malviney Brown 1844 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$48.00
It was so nice to see the name of Amanda on a sampler from the first half of the 19th century, and what a pretty sampler this 10-year-old stitched. Amanda is...
Amelia Bachelor 1863 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$47.00
Amelia stitched her sampler between 10 to 11 years of age, almost certainly under the guidance of her teacher at Berkswell School. Amelia probably had to leave school shortly after...
Charlotte Amelia Stephens 1834 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$49.00
Sandra’s interpretation of this stunning sampler has been worked with a palette of 28 colours selected from the front of the original sampler. The model was stitched using Soie d’Alger...
Charlotte Entwistle 1860 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$47.00
Charlotte is one of a pair of sister samplers and was stitched in 1860. Her sister Margaret finished her sampler at the age of 10 years in 1854 at Hoghton...
Dancing with Your Heart by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$45.00
We are delighted to present to you an original design. Dancing With Your Heart was inspired by a sampler in Nicola’s private collection and has been designed as a small...
Eliza Martha Linfoot 1834 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$54.00
Eliza stitched a delightful sampler that charms the eye and we are delighted to present to you our adaptation of her sampler. Whilst the chart that we have made available...
Elizabeth Garrod 1799 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$46.90
Elizabeth finished her monochrome sampler on Sunday, March 3, in the year 1799 in the port town of Wells-next-the-Sea. The young Elizabeth certainly stitched a charming first sampler. Not only...
Emilie Kalwar 1890 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$45.00
Emilie worked her sampler on approximately 24ct linen with wool threads in 1890. The sampler was backed with a piece of cotton fabric and edged and bound with silk ribbon...
Emily Ann Greenaway 1884 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$45.00
Emily Ann Greenaway is a truly beautiful sampler with a decorative multi-coloured border which encloses some very sweet animals and motifs. The colour palette has been taken from the front...
Emily Wildhack 1874 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$49.90
Emily’s needlework has been reproduced using the slightly mellowed colours found on the front of her sampler. The ten-year-old child used wool and 20ct Penelope canvas to create an elegant...
Emma & Martin Noah Hubbard 1869-1870 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$45.00
We were so pleased to find a pair of samplers stitched by a brother and sister. The icing on the cake was the additional discovery of the Hubbards’ family history...
Margaret Entwistle 1854 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$47.00
Margaret is one of a pair of sister samplers and was stitched in 1854. Margaret finished her sampler at the age of 10 years in 1854 at Hoghton School.Margaret never...
Margaret Ferguson by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$54.00
What a pretty sampler the nine-year-old Margaret Ferguson stitched. Using wool and a slightly uneven linen of approximately 31/33 count, the young girl worked a stunning floral border with a...
Mary Ann Preece 1851 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$46.90
Working from a palette of 12 colours, Mary Ann stitched a very pretty sampler with wool on loosely woven linen of approximately 26ct. The young girl had a good eye...
Mary Wigglesworth 1812 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$54.00
Mary’s sampler has so much to please the eye and your needle. The sampler has grace and harmony, both in design and colour. The arcaded band at the top of...
Multiply Kindness - A Multiplication Table Sampler by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$49.00
Note from the designer: I am thrilled to present to you an original design. Multiply Kindness has been a sampler many years in the making as borders, motifs, verses, and...
Ruth Bates 1823 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$54.00
A sampler, badly in need of cleaning and repair that was stitched by a Ruth Bates when she was just eight years old, came up for auction. Ruth’s sampler had...
Sarah Fletcher 1841 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$47.00
Sarah finished her delightful sampler when she was 12 years old in 1841 at Brighouse. The motifs, the layout, and her chosen colour palette have charmed us. - Hands Across the...
Sophia Doggett 1804 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$54.00
Sophia recorded on her sampler “Nailsea 1804”. Whilst there is no record of a Quaker school in Nailsea, it is possible that Sophia was a pupil boarding at Sidcot and...
The Needlework of Dorcie Sampson by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$47.00
Dorcie Elizabeth Sampson was born in 1892 in Kintbury, Berkshire. She was the eldest of five children born to George John Sampson, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife Sarah,...
The Needlework of Edith Levy by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$49.90
Edith Helen Levy was born in Annerly, Surrey on April 13, 1869. Her parents were Joseph Solomon Levy and Maria, née Davis. Joseph was a prosperous merchant. Maria lived in...
The Rose and The Giant Pear 1888 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
$47.00
The sampler was stitched the year after Great Britain celebrated Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. The Victorian age was the first in which childhood was recognised as a distinct and important stage...