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Large vertical sampler with large scale floral border. Verse at bottom with flower baskets and bird beneath. Natural linen ground, polychromatic. Alphabets: #1 - "A-M" missing "K","L", #2 - "A-U" missing "Q", #3 - "A-W" missing "J", #4 - complete, #5 - complete; Numbers: "1-5"; cross stitch, satin stitch.
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
cross-stitching
embroidering
linen (material)
silk (textile)
Sampler
""Abney McIntock/Windsor Aged 11 Years/"/ "Youth like the spring will soon be gone/in rolling years or sudden death/ Your morning sun may set at noon/And you in darkness lose your breath"" (Embroidered)
McIntock, Abney, 1835- (Embroiderer)
31 1/2 x 16 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Dorothy Cornell
1940.95
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