Sampler (needlework)
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A needlework sampler is a piece of embroidery or cross-stitching produced as a 'specimen of achievement', demonstration or a test of skill in needlework. It often includes the alphabet, figures, motif
![An American sampler: "Margaret Barnholt her sampler done in the twelth [sic] year of her age 1831".](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Sampler_%28USA%29%2C_1831_%28CH_18564023%29.jpg/500px-Sampler_%28USA%29%2C_1831_%28CH_18564023%29.jpg)
An American sampler: "Margaret Barnholt her sampler done in the twelth [sic] year of her age 1831".
English band sampler featuring 'boxers', c. 1650
'Biblical' sampler by Elizabeth Ross dated 1786
Berlin work sampler by Sarah Littleton, 1868
Holbein stitch
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Holbein stitch is a simple, reversible line embroidery stitch most commonly used in Blackwork embroidery and Assisi embroidery. The stitch is named after Hans Holbein the Younger, a 16th-century portr
Cat in Holbein stitch and cross stitch
Modern chessboard in Holbein stitch
Collection of motifs in Holbein stitch and metal thread
Odo bayeux tapestry detail