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Alphabet/Verses sampler on natural linen ground. Polychromatic threads. Verse is worked in a border that runs along top and sides. Two pine trees at bottom. Alphabets: #1 complete, some letters repeated; #2 complete. Stitches used: cross stitch, rococo, satin stitch, and star stitch.
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Sampler
"The time draws ner that I must go and bid ad/ieu to things below And if those lins you chan/ce to se wh/en I am gone/remember me" "Lucretia Peabody- 8--" (Embroidered)
Peabody, Lucretia, 1779-1854 (Embroiderer)
7 1/8 x 10 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Miss Grace S. Leavitt
1940.251
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