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Vertical sampler, natural linen ground. Alphabet sampler with lines divided by rows of cross stitching. Polychromatic. Alphabets: #1 missing "J", "U"; #2 missing "J", "U", double letters(AA,BB); #3 "A-Q" missing "J"; #4 "A-S missing "J"; #5 missing "J", "U"; cross stitch, eyelet hole.
samplers (embroidery)
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Sampler
""Elizabeth Hancock is my name and/with my needle DID T-"" (Embroidered)
Hancock, Elizabeth (Embroiderer)
19 1/2 x 8 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Miss Lillian E. Bassett
1949.61
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