17th cent.
18th cent.
19th cent.
20th cent.19th Century
Germany:
In the rural area of Vierlanden in the southeast of Hamburg people felt particularly obliged to tradition in the past. The farmer and his wife decorated their property and proudly presented it on all important occasions of life such as birth, confinement, wedding or funeral. The Vierlanden samplers brought together a variety of motifs of symbolic nature that were supposed to decorate a wedding pillowcase, a shroud, a bed of state, a show towel or garments in subsequent years.
France:
Austria:
Switzerland:
The Netherlands:
GR’s work from 1810 is a vivid example of this special kind of samplers
originated in the Eastern Groningen area in Holland. The five villages
of Winschoten, Reiderland, Bellingwedde, Vlagwedde and Veendam belong to
this region on the Dollart.
Denmark:
Great Britain:
All samplers that were made by the girls from Ackworth School in large numbers have one thing in common: They are unmistakable.
A) Darning samplers: often white in white, but also in colours; often with the name, the name of the school, the year.
B) Samplers with pious texts (so-called homilies): black yarn, block letters, sometimes framed by an oval border.
C) Samplers with framed motifs (so-called medallion samplers): either stitched in dark colours or in fine colourful silks; both species show geometric and stylized floral motifs; often, the edge was designed by half medallions; plants and birds are predominant in most of the rhombic forms; many of these samplers contain various initials in wreaths, and a token of love; they are often dedicated to an individual classmate and characterize in this way the strong idea of friendship within the Spartan system of this school.
New World :
