Alphabet/Verse sampler on natural linen ground. Border is made up of connected circles forming an undulating chain. Alphabets on top half in black, verse in cream, name in green. Alphabets: #1 missing "J", letters repeated (AA, BB, CC...) ; #2 missing "J", letters repeated. Numbers: "1-17".
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
cross-stitching
embroidering
linen (material)
silk (textile)
Education
Sampler
""Anna Sargem Wrought/This Sampler/ag'd 10 years"" ""Know then this Truth/enough for us to know/Virtue alone is Happi/ness below"" (Embroidered)
Sargem, Anna (Embroiderer)
8 1/2 x 8 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Estate of Miss Josephine McC. Shaw
1922.1063
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