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Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Square, polychromatic on natural linen ground. Large scale floral border on top and sides. Verse in middle section with house, flowers, and trees below. Three complete alphabets; numbers: "1-9"; cross stitch, satin stitch
samplers (embroidery)
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Sampler
""Fear/and/Love"" ""God/A/bove"" ""My youthful days will soon be oer/And time with one will be no more/Laid in the grave we all must be/And this I have wrought for you to see"" ""Wrought by Ellen E. Adams aged 11 years under the instruction of C. Rockwood"" (Embroidered)
Adams, Ellen E. (Embroiderer)
17 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Miss Mary C. Wheelwright
1923.605
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