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Unfinished alphabet/verse sampler on ivory linen ground. Monochromatic threads. Border of two rows of cross-stitch. Alphabets: #1 complete, (AA,BB,CC...) double letters; #2 missing "J"; #3 missing "J"; #4 "A-U", missing "J". Numbers: "1-8". Stitches used: eyelet hole stitch and cross stitch.
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Sampler
""Youth is the season for improvement"" (Embroidered)
Unknown
13 1/2 x 11 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Miss Eleanor L. May
1923.232
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