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Framed alphabet/verse sampler; beige linen ground; silk thread; cross stitch, eyelet, satin stitch, long and short satin stitch; four complete alphabets, numbers 1-10; verse surrounded by a floral garland; floral geometric border around the outside edge of entire sampler.
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
textiles
needlework (visual works)
cross stitch
linen (material)
silk (fiber)
embroidery (visual works)
education
poetry
flowers (plants)
letters (correspondence)
numbers
Needlework
Education
Poetry
Alphabet
Numbers
Sampler
""Let virtue Prove your never fading bloom / For mental beauties will survive the tomb" / "Elizabeth Freeman Aged 10 years Norridgewock May 8 1820"" (sampler verse and maker identification)
"P17" / "N.G. Antiquities Inc. / 141 Cambridge St. / Boston, Mass." ("P17" handwritten)
P17
Freeman, Elizabeth, 1810- (Embroiderer)
Maine
18 11/16 x 18 3/16 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
2007.2
Maine (United States)
Norridgewock (Somerset county, Maine)
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