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Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Vertical rectangle, natural linen ground. 2 1/2 inch floral border at top and sides. Alphabet at top, verse in center. Adam and Eve on green ground, on either side of the tree of knowledge at bottom. Alphabets: #1-missing "J","U"; Numbers: "1-8" Cross stitch, eyelet hole, whip stitch.
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Sampler
""When in love I do com/mence may it be with/A man of sence brisk &/Arey may he be free/From a spirit of Jeal/ousy Ruth Haskels wok in the 12 Year of/ Her Age"" (Embroidered)
Adam & Eve
Haskell, Ruth (Embroiderer)
16 1/2 x 12 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Emma S. White
1916.230
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