Elizabeth Van Duyne 1793 American Sampler antique sampler The Sundial

The Sundial

Attach beads with one strand of floss using a cross-stitch instead of a half-stitch

southern France

Some of the early Welsh samplers had verses

Elizabeth Van Duyne 1793 American Sampler antique sampler The SundialThis 235 year old American schoolgirl Needlework Sampler was cross stitched using silk on linen, featuring a sawtooth border enclosing an alphabet. Dated Jan. 1, 1793, signed Sitea Van Duyne born October the 29th in the year 1777. The lower half of the sampler is unfinished. 10" x 9", float mounted under glass atop a cream mat in a later gilt molded frame, 14" x 13". This is likely the sampler of Elizabeth Van Duyne, (also spelled Van Duyn) daughter