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Verse/Pictorial sampler on natural linen ground. Worked in polychromatic threads. Verse at top, Georgian house flanked by two pine trees on light and dark green grass at bottom. Stitches used: cross stitch and satin stitch.
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Sampler
"Abigail Percival was born at / Lenox County of Berkshire and / State of Massachusetts June 6th / 1814 and wrought this sampler / In Ogden County of Monroe and State of New York AD 1828" (Embroidered)
Percival, Abigail, 1814-1895 (Embroiderer)
Ogden, New York
10 1/2 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Miss Olive Percival
1947.42
New York state (United States)
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