There’s a delightful story behind a recent acquisition by the Centerville-Washington Township Historical Society that should interest fanciers of embroidered artwork. The story begins in 1837 when ...
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Reading Between Lines – Embroidered Samplers, a new exhibition of embroidered samplers from the Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums collection, is now open at Aberdeen Art Gallery. The exhibition ...
Rare samplers with a Stewartry connection thought to have been embroidered by Robert Burns’ mum and sister are to be conserved for the nation. The National Trust for Scotland was helped to secure them ...
The intricate work of the earliest-known American sampler, plain in color but tricky for its reversible feature, was reproduced by needlework artist Jeannie Pogmore of Lebanon. Along with 11 other ...
Long before there was ancestry.com, there were samplers. “Genealogical samplers recording births, marriages and deaths became popular around 1790,” explains a placard accompanying the new exhibition ...
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