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Framed Sampler. Embroidery on linen depicting the alphabet. Previously removed embroidery objvious in the linen. Surrounded by decorative white and blue border. Eunice Durant (1821-1872).
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Sampler
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ/RSTUVWXYZ*1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10." (EMBROIDERED)
"Made by/Eunice Durant/about 1835" (handwritten)
"BARTER'S ART SHOP/323 MADISON AVE/...NEW YORK..." (In gold on blue background. Rectangular sticker.)
993.2
Durant, Eunice, 1821-1872 (Embroiderer)
Boston, MA, United States
18 x 1/2 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of Olive Smith Glaser
2014.42.2
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