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SALLY MORSE CIRCA 1790 |
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This sampler comes from Searsport, Maine,
and is typical of so many small American marking samplers that
have survived. Made of sturdy unbleached homespun linen and stitched
with vegetable-dyed silk, a stylized three-sided strawberry border
surrounds alphabets, numerals and an inscription, over a more
ambitious floral motif. |
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Origin and date: Searsport, Maine, circa 1790
Rated: Beginning
Linen count and finished size: 30 count, 5"x7"
Stitches: Cross, counted thread satin
Source: Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Kit with silk floss: $23.00
Graph Only: $6.00
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