Sampler (needlework)
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, motifs, decorative borders and sometimes the name of the person who embroidered it and the date. The word ''sampler'' is derived from the Latin , which means 'example'. History The earliest sampler extant is a spot sampler, i.e. one having randomly scattered motifs, of the Nazca culture in Peru formerly in the Museum of Primitive Art, New York City. It is estimated to date from ca. 200 BCE –300 CE and is worked in cotton and wool pattern darning on a woven cotton ground. It has seventy-four figures of birds, plants and mythological beings. Coptic sampler fragments of silk on linen in double running stitch and pattern darning have been found in Egyptian burial grounds of 400–500 CE. These are pattern samplers having designs based on early Christian symbols. Samplers were known to b ...
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Sampler (USA), 1831 (CH 18564023)
Sampler may refer to: * Sampler (signal), a digital signal processing device that converts a continuous signal to a discrete signal * Sampler (needlework), a handstitched piece of embroidery used to demonstrate skill in needlework * Sampler (surname) * A quilt where each block is constructed using a different pattern * Sampler, or hydrocarbon well logging, or mud logger * In sampling (medicine), the instrument used Music * Sampler (musical instrument), a device used to create digital recordings called samples * Sampler (Cardiacs album), ''Sampler'' (Cardiacs album), 1995 * Sampler (Cat Empire EP), ''Sampler'' (Cat Empire EP) * Sampler (Plumb EP), ''Sampler'' (Plumb EP) * Sampler album, a type of compilation album ** ''In Store Jam'', a promotional compilation by Jamiroquai See also

* Sample (other) * Sampling (other) {{disambiguation ...
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