27 October 2023
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Sampler from Wikipedia in the public domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampler_(needlework)
In the December 2023 issue of Family Tree, genealogist and keen embroiderer Michelle Patient, writes about the long and colourful history of samplers. She covers the clues they hold, the people that collect, preserve and research them, and the place that they still hold in our lives today. Below is Michelle's reading list, which she kindly shares for your further study.
Browse Michelle's reading list below, or download a copy from here.
Websites:
Bristol School https://www.bristolsamplers.com/
Hands Across the Sea Samplers
https://hands-across-the-sea-samplers.com/
https://hands-across-the-sea-samplers.com/symbolism-sampler-motifs/
https://hands-across-the-sea-samplers.com/product/elizabeth-charlotte-cotton-1753/
Madelena https://madelena.com/introduction-samplers.php
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/740261
National Museum of Scotland
https://www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions-events/past-exhibitions/embroidered-stories/
Norfolk Needle Art https://www.norfolkneedleart.com/about-norfolk-samplers
Textile Research Centre
https://trc-leiden.nl/trc-needles/individual-textiles-and-textile-types/samplers
The Wilson Collection https://www.wilsoncollection.co.nz/
Smithsonian: American Samplers https://www.si.edu/spotlight/american-samplers
Timeline of the History of Needlecraft https://www.past-impressions.co.uk/blog/needlecraft-features/timeline-of-the-history-of-needlecraft/
Victoria and Albert Museum: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/embroidery-a-history-of-needlework-samplers
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/make-your-own-mexican-inspired-embroidery
Whilst Iris Naps https://whilstirisnaps.com/
Witney Antiques https://www.witneyantiques.com/samplers/samplers.php
Floss Tube:
Nicola Parkman, Hands Across the Sea Samplers (HATS) episode 310 https://youtu.be/gWQ7AwtIXjM
Christine, Whilst Iris Naps episode 2 – Anne Logan 1840 https://youtu.be/dSuHjhOvy70
Christine, Whilst Iris Naps episode 6- Remembering our grandmothers https://youtu.be/FkrNdh42yXk
Petites Lettres Rouges http://www.dashdist.com/blackbird/redsampler.pdf
Jacob de Graaf, Modern Folk Embroidery https://www.youtube.com/c/modernfolkembroidery
Michelle, Momma Loves you GB Sampler edition: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9-ZEbWU-4n4a-VSb4xIA5N6jYC6YhdPB
Bibliography
- Needlework and Women’s Identity in Colonial Australia by Lorinda Cramer. Pub. 2021 Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN 9781350237940
- New Zealand’s History Samplers - Our Stitched Stories By Vivien Caughley, Pub. 2014 David Bateman Ltd , ISBN 9781869538668 (out of print)
- ‘Remember Now Thy Creator’ Scotish Girls’ Samplers, 1700–1872 by Naomi E A Tarrant pub. 2014 Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. ISBN: 978-1-908332-27-1 Open access https://www.socantscot.org/publications/new-open-access-e-book-scottish-girls-samplers/
- Sampled Lives, Catalogue by Carol Humphrey, Honorary Keeper of Textiles at The Fitzwilliam Museum
- https://curatingcambridge.co.uk/products/sampled-lives-samplers-from-the-fitzwilliam-museum
- Samplers Tapestries and Embroideries by Marcus Bourne Huish, pub 1913 Longmans, Green and co
- https://ia600303.us.archive.org/22/items/samplerstapestry00huisrich/samplerstapestry00huisrich.pdf
- The Accomplished Lady: A History of Genteel Pursuits c. 1660-1860 by Noel Riley, pub. Oblong 2017. ISBN 978-0957599291 (available at several booksellers online)
- Various Witney Antiques Catalogues – Rebecca Scott
- https://www.witneyantiques.com/mis.items/catalogues.php
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampler_(needlework)