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Horizontal rectangle. Cream linen ground; polychromatic, but faded. Floral border enclosing, one alphabet at top ship with two flags (pink/yellow/blue horizontal stripes), at top right. Small figures, birds and large scale flowers. Alphabets: #1 "A-W", without "J"', "R", "U"; cross stitch, eyelet hole stitch.
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
cross-stitching
embroidering
linen (material)
silk (textile)
education
flags
floral patterns
ships
Silk
Linen
Embroidered
Cross-stitched
Floral
Flag
Ship
Education
Sampler
""1833"" (Embroidered)
Unknown
Netherlands
12 1/2 x 16 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Miss Mary C. Wheelwright
1923.604
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