Ackworth Sampler Frame

Distinctive medallions appear repeatedly in samplers worked in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by the Quaker students of Ackworth School in England. Rie Ariga of Tokyo, Japan, adapted these medallions for a novel photo frame that will delight the twenty-first century needleworker.

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Summer 2007, Vol. 47

Projects
• Dutch-Motif Pincushion
• The 1812 Arabella R Mears Sampler

Articles
• The Evolution of Sampler Motifs: From the Ancient Middle East to Medieval Europe
• "Tying the Knot”: Embroidered Cloths Speak of a Dutch Wedding Tradition