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Alphabet sampler; squarish, ivory linen ground; pink cross stitched border; name at bottom. Cross stitch with eyelet hole stitch at the end of several lines. Alphabets: #1-missing "J"; #2-missing "J"; numbers: "1-9", "1-3".
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
cross-stitching
embroidering
linen (material)
silk (textile)
alphabets (symbols)
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Sampler
""march 29*1823*123*/ Elizabeth CheVer/ Hallowell Maine."" (date of completion; maker's name; location)
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Wheeler, Elizabeth Bancroft (Cheever), 1862-1947 (Embroiderer)
Maine
5 1/2 x 6 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.560
Maine (United States)
Hallowell (Kennebec county, Maine)
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