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In America, many distinct regional styles of sampler making evolved in the eighteenth century, moulded by a combination of social, political, aesthetic and cultural influences. English work of this century tended to be more technically correct, precise and polished. American schoolmistresses, perhaps more tolerant of their students' flights of fancy, and being revolutionaries themselves, inspired an equally impressive but somewhat less formal body of work on this side of the Atlantic. Scarlet Letter feature designs from a wide range of American sampler schools, from early eighteenth century Boston, to the later, famous Balch School samplers of Providence, Rhode Island.
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This sampler came to The Scarlet Letter from a descendent of the... |
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This sampler shows a man and a woman beneath an apple tree,... |
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From the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston this... |
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Some of America's most recognisable samplers and silkworks were... |
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This is an American sampler displaying all of those features... |
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From the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. ... |
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God Save America said Eunice Birchard on her sampler in 1798,... |
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Fanny Hancock's father, Ebenezer Hancock, was cousin to the... |
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From the collection of Old Sturbridge Village , this pair of... |
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This sampler was probably made in Rhode Island, a poor sister,... |
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This American band sampler was originally worked in Lynn,... |
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A New Hampshire Sampler from The Scarlet Letter Collection. ... |
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Hannah Trecothick is my name and with my needle I wrought... |
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Samplers worked with black backgrounds are unique to New... |
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This sampler features a popular 18th century verse honouring,... |
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A New England (possibly New Hampshire) sampler with multiple... |
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This sampler is probably American. Its unusual tablet-like... |
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This sampler was made in Philadelphia, and was originally... |
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Born in New Jersey on 24 February 1719, Rebekah Watson stitched... |
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A very pretty, nicely balanced, quirky little American marking... |
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This sampler comes from Searsport, Maine, and is typical of so... |
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A Warren, Rhode Island sampler from the collection of The... |
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The original band sampler from which this design was reproduced... |
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This is another very unusual sampler, probably made as a gift... |
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This Boston area sampler has as its most recognisable feature a... |
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Susanna's sampler exhibits many characteristics typical of... |
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Designed after a mid-eighteenth century New Hampshire sampler,... |
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After an early 18th Century American needlework picture. The... |
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