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2 Books - Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans and Historical Needlework of Penn - 2 Books - Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans and Historical Needlework of Penn. Includes Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans by Tandy and Charles Hersh, hardcover book published in 1991 by The Pennsylvania German Society, features 303 pages examining the European origins, chronologies and traditional decorative motifs of regional needlework. Also includes Historical Needlework of Pennsylvania by Margaret Schiffer, hardcover book published in 1958 by Bonanza Books, missing dust jacket, features a scholarly decorative arts guide to the rich history of 18th and 19th-century embroidery and textiles of eastern Pennsylvania.