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Alphabet/Verse sampler with rainbow colored embroidery depicting A to Z alphabet, numbers 1 through 0, birds with worms, and flowers. Green and yellow embroidered border. Cotton ground. Plain gilt frame.
samplers (embroidery)
cotton (textile)
thread
Sampler
"This is my Sampler,/ Here you see / What care my Mother / Took of me. / Olive H. Milne 1940 / age 10 years" (In various color thread.)
"Worked by Olive Hastings Milne in 1940" (Handwritten)
"The Stitching Post / (410)788-7760, 67 MELLOW AVE., BALTIMORE, MD" (In blue, on gold oval sticker on back bottom center of frame.)
993.3
Glaser, Olive Smith (Embroiderer)
Wellesley, MA, United States
15 11/16 x 5/8 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of Olive Smith Glaser
2014.42.3
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