SAMPLER  (from O . Fr. essemplaire, with dropping of initial a, See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. exemplariam, from exemplum, example; it is a doublet of " examplar " or " exempler," as " See also:

• SAMPLE (through the O. Fr. essemple, from Lat. exemplum; a doublet of " example ")

sample " is of example "), a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model or See also:

• PATTERN

pattern to be copied, particularly a small rectangular piece of See also:

• EMBROIDERY (M.E. embrouderie, from O. Fr. embroder, Mod. Fr. broder)

embroidery worked on See also:

• CANVAS

canvas or other material as a pattern or example of a beginner's skill in See also:

• NEEDLE (O. Eng. ncedl; the word appears in various forms in Teutonic languages, Ger. Nadel, Dutch naal, the root being ne-, to sew, cf. Ger. nahen, and probably Lat. nere, to spin, Gr. vi)ats, spinning)

needle-See also:

• WORK

work; as a means of teaching the stitches . Down to comparatively See also:

• RECENT

recent times every little girl worked her " sampler," and examples of 17th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century work are still found and have become the See also:

• OBJECT

object of the See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector's See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search . They usually contained the See also:

• ALPHABET (see also WRITING)

alphabet, the worker's name, the date, and See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible texts, verses, mottoes, the whole surrounded with some conventional See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design . The earliest sampler in existence is dated 1643 and is in the See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria and See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert Museum, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• KENSINGTON

Kensington (see M . B . Huish, Samplers and See also:

• TAPESTRY

Tapestry Embroideries, 1900, and See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

List of Samplers in the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

• EDUCATION

Education, South Kensington, 1906) .