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Pictorial Sampler. Ivory linen ground, vertical rectangle, polychromatic. 2 1/4 inch bands of decorative needlework separated by 1 inch borders. Birds and flowers. Alphabet at bottom. Satin stitch, eyelet hole, other. Alphabet: #1 missing "J","U", #2 "A-S", missing "J"
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
embroidering
linen (material)
silk (textile)
alphabets (symbols)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
education
floral patterns
geometric patterns
Linen
Silk
Embroidered
Bird
Floral
Geometric
Education
Alphabet
Sampler
""1729"" (Embroidered)
Unknown
England
16 1/4 x 8 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Miss Mary Wheeler
1935.932
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