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Small, square alphabet sampler on green linen ground. Cross stitch border, polychromatic lettering. Alphabets: #1-complete, #2-missing "J"; Numbers: "1-10"
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
cross-stitching
embroidering
linen (material)
silk (textile)
alphabets (symbols)
education
numerals
Linen
Silk
Embroidered
Cross-stitched
Education
Alphabet
Numbers
Sampler
""Lucy Childs aged/10 Westborough/October 1807 &/ LC"" (Embroidered)
Childs, Lucy, 1797- (Embroiderer)
7 x 6 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
1955.30
Probably Westborough (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Westborough
Massachusetts (United States)
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