Alphabet sampler with three forms of lettering, silk threads on a linen backing. Vines, flowers and house with trees. Baskets show Germanic influence. Sampler currently being researched.
Alphabet sampler, 1827 created by Eliza Ann Vincent. Stitches consist of cross over (over 2), eyelet, tent, queen, romainian, italian cross and some composited stitches probably of the makers own design. Many of the alphabet motifs on this piece...
Sampler, framed and under glass. Poem to the memory of John Y Dean Aged two years 1 month 5 days.
Poem is surrounded by formalized flower and vine design, caption: Elma Dean LaGrange May 1st 1836, two flowers and two willows and various floral...
Rectangular-shaped sampler of the alphabet. Sewn onto it is also the maker's name Mary C. Hunter. The alphabet letters are sewn in script in red and brown thread.
Sampler with nine rows of embroidered letters and numbers; alphabet followed by...
Crewel work depiction of a parrot-type bird on a branch with leaves and clumps of berries; on a beige (linen?) background. Mounted in a wood frame under glass or plexi. Sampler currently being researched.
Leah has had a surprise visit from cousin Margaret T. Deyo and her grandaughter Gertrude (Leah's step-daughter). She writres about local gossip and sewing.
A diploma received by Hylah Bevier Hasbrouck which states, "Ulster County Agriculture Society: Awarded This Diploma To Mrs Hylah Hasbrouck for the best Worsted Needlework: Exhibited at their Annual Fair 1844." The diploma was signed by the...
Love embroidered on perforated paper in green, blue, pink, red and yellow.; Starting in the 1820s, women could purchase commercially produced perforated cardboard for making smaller embroidered items such as book-marks, needle cases and trinket...
Embroidered picture in black and white, this technique was known as "printwork" because it imitated etchings and engravings. The composition has been sketched out in pencil and the embroidering in the foreground has been begun with tiny stitches....
Undated needlework sampler created by Louisa Hasbrouck, constructed when she was a young girl. The sampler consists of the alphabet in capital letters and numerals 1 through 8 in red crossstitch. Each line is separated by different crossstitch...
Needlework is silk embroidery and watercolor on silk of a scene from "Lady of the Lake," by Sir Walter Scott's. The needlework is titled on the bottom of the glass "Hylah Bevier., Blanche and Fitz James, 1813,"" note that Bevier is spelled wrong....
Hand-made cylinder shaped roll-up made of wool, silk and velvet with an ombré stripe and pincushion ends. Pincushion ends are blue velvet. The trim in the interior is 1.5"" wide and 10"" long. Exterior of trim is a brown wool with a white and...
Pillow shaped pincushion, with wool Irish stitches (later known as Bargello or flame stitch) on one side. The overall design is alternating diamond patterns in shades of gray and red. Each stitch is outlined in black with a white center. The edge...
Pillow shaped pincushion, with a geometric design on one side. Pincushion is an example of Berlin work. The overall central design is a diamond, with a clover like design in the middle in reds and outlined in yellow and black. The indented edges of...
Pillow shaped pincushion, with wool Irish stitches (later known as Bargello or flame stitch) on one side. The overall design is alternating diamond patterns in shades of yellow, red, purple and green. Each stitch is outlined in black with a white...
Maggie Summers of Central Nyack, in a printed dress and apron, sits with a basket of needlework on her lap. This picture was taken on her one hundredth birthday.
