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Alphabet and numbers sampler; brown and henna silk thread on unrefined linen; black-painted frame under glass; cross stitch, eyelet, two-sided line stitch; three complete upper case alphabets, one lower case alphabet; numbers 1-9; simple cross stitch border.
samplers (embroidery)
linen (material)
silk (fiber)
embroidery (visual works)
cross stitch
Sampler
"Eliza Bennett Homer March 10 1828" ("1828" is slightly above "March 10")
"Homer / See Family Register (Boston)/ Bolton & Coe (1921) / Page 174 / Daughter of Eliza B. Homer" (handwritten)
"437-19 Sampler of Eliza Bennett Homer dated March 10, 1828/ Brown and Henna on unrefined linen; cross-stitch; eyelet/ stitch, 2 sided-line stitch; 4 alphabets; numerals; / simple cross-borders. Size: framed 12" x 15" / Note: Compare the style of the 2 in 1828 with the 2 / in the line of numerals. / lacing thread mounted (and matted) with museum board - 1979." (label on back of frame)
Homer, Eliza Bennett (Embroiderer)
Massachusetts
12 x 14 15/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Leger
2004.39
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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