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Small needlework alphabet sampler on ivory linen ground. Brown silk thread on tan fabric. Two complete alphabets with additional practice letters and numbers 1-6.
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Sampler
"Rachel Dean/ Aged 10 years Marshfield/ July 1793" (cross stitch)
""The society foor the Preservation of N.E. Antiquities/ Made by Rachel Dean (of Dean Academy Family) mother of John Dean Norton, grandfather of donor, Helen Sanborn Whitney."" (Ink label)
"For - Society for the Preservation of N. E. Antiquities #1" (ink label)
"Gramstorff Bros., Inc./ Artistic Picture framing/ Developing, Printing/ and Enlarging/ 101 Ferry St./ 29175/ Malden, Mass." (label)
Dean, Rachel, 1783-1845 (Embroiderer)
Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA, New England
6 1/4 x 9 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elsie Allen
1995.399
Massachusetts (United States)
Mansfield (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
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