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Unfinished alphabet sampler; linen ground; silk thread; strawberry and geometric border; two complete upper case alphabets; one complete lower case alphabet; cross stitch, satin stitch and various other stitches in a geometric pattern at the lower border.
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
linen (material)
silk (fiber)
alphabets (symbols)
education
Alphabet
Sampler
Sanborn, Helen, 1872 (Embroiderer)
17 x 16 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elsie Allen
1995.454
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