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Ten small pictoral needlework samplers framed together. Images depict :Mayflower ship, challis, arrow and flowers, Governor Carver's chair, basket of flowers, flowers, flowers spelling "Love," anchor and wreath, and a house. Silk and wool on bristol board.
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
bristol board
wool (textile)
silk (fiber)
cross stitch
Berlin woolwork
history (discipline)
Sampler
""Love," "Hope Ever," "Oaken Chair of Gov. Carver's brought in the Mayflower, 1620"" (Embroidered)
"Worked by Mrs. Caroline E. (Newell) Smith, of Boston, about 1850-60" "Gift of Miss Caroline M. Smith, 19 Nov. 1934" "1934.0000"" (typed)
1934.0000
Unknown
Massachusetts
11 3/16 x 20 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Miss. Caroline M. Smith
1935.86
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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