Multi-color embroidered sampler in gilt frame under glass. "OLIVE LEVESTONE IS MI NAME/ LEVEN I WROTE THE SAME/ IF MY GENIOUS HAD BIN BETTER/ IDE MENDED EVERY LETTER." Partial label on back: "OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, MANIFACTUR (e) E(?)S. WEEKS &..."
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
linen (material)
silk (textile)
Linen
Silk
Sampler
See description.
Levestone, Olive (Embroiderer)
17.25 x 13.375 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Mary C. Wheelwright
1918.1414
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