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Pictorial Sampler. Name, place and date on top, in Spanish, surrounded by a floral border. The majority of the sampler is given over to geometric and floral needlework patterns with animals (birds, horses, chickens, monkey, dogs), and people. Cream ground, polychromatic threads.
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Sampler
""Hecho por Maria De La/Luz Eligia Alvarez/ Puebla Enero/18 de 1851"" ""Made by Maria de la Luz Eligia Alvarez, Puebla, January 18, 1851"" (Embroidered)
Alvarez, Maria de la Luz Elegia (Embroiderer)
Puebla, Mexico
10 1/2 x 15 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Miss Mary C. Wheelwright
1918.1421
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