Alphabet sampler worked in yellow thread on green linen ground. Cross stitched exterior border with secondary cross stitched border around inscription. Alphabets: #1 complete; #2 complete. Numbers: "1-7".
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
cross-stitching
embroidering
linen (material)
silk (textile)
Education
Sampler
"Clarissa Fowler / Sampler Wrought / in the 10th year / of her age 1811" (Embroidered)
Original To Samuel Fowler House,
Fowler, Clarissa, 1802-1873 (Embroiderer)
10 x 7 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Purchase
1934.3068
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