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DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS |
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| This is another very unusual sampler, probably made as a gift for a friend, as it depicts two young girls wearing the fashionable bloomers of the day, one presenting a gift basket to the other. There is a fanciful castle stitched in the sky above them, and around them an idealized landscape. The piece can be stitched entirely in counted thread, or parts of it can be worked with stem and satin stitch as we have done with our model. On the original sampler the girls' hair was worked with real human hair which you can do was well if you like (although hair can be tricky to work with). | |
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Origin and date: Danvers, Massachusetts, 1794 Rated: Intermediate Linen count and finished size: 35 or 40 count, 16"x20" or 14"x18" (please specify) Stitches: Cross, straight, satin, French knots, stem Source: Private collection Kit with cotton floss: $60.00 Kit with silk floss: $124.00 Graph only: $12.00 |
