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Alphabet/Pictorial Sampler. Vertical rectangle, ivory linen ground. Alphabets at top. Large scale potted flowers flanked by trees and birds below. Green and white heart in lower right corner. Alphabets: #1-complete, #2-complete, #3-missing "J", #4-"A-U"; Numbers: "1-13"; cross stitch, eyelet hole, star stitch, satin stitch, other.
samplers (embroidery)
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embroidering
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silk (textile)
Sampler
""Wrought by Lydia Patterson aged 10 yrs/ Kennebunk Port March 3d 1834"" (Embroidered)
Patterson, Lydia, 1823- (Embroiderer)
Maine
16 3/4 x 12 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mary P. Lord
1939.232
Maine (United States)
Kennebunkport (York county, Maine)
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