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Silk embroidery on linen ground; unframed but stitched onto backing board; green, white, blue, red, yellow and brown embroidery; unfinished; alphabelt, numeral and verse; strawberry motif; triangle and eyelet border.
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
linen (material)
silk (fiber)
embroidery (visual works)
cross stitch
Sampler
"Hannah. Hibbeard.wrong-/ht.this.in.July.ye.20.1773/ Hannah.Hibbert.ismy name/and.English.is.my.nation./Marblehead.is.my.dwelling/ place.and.Christ.is.my + / salvation.when.I.am.dead/ and.in.my.Grave." (Stitched)
Hibbert, Hannah (Embroiderer)
Massachusetts
12 1/2 x 11 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Cornelia D. Oliver
2005.5
Massachusetts (United States)
Marblehead (Essex county, Massachusetts)
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