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Sampler

Object/Artifact

Square cross stitch sampler. There are three distinguished sections of the canvas. The top has the alphabet in all capital letters and numbers 1-12. Underneath the three lines is a vertical zig-zag line. The middle section is stitched, "Mary Vanvalken: B / Urch: Sept: 29: 1820 / 10 Year" the last line is ended with a heart, u-z &. The line seperating the next section is in non-connected x's. The bottom section has a-t in lowercase letters followed by three lines of script capital letters.

G2022.35.1606

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1820

10-1/2 in

1 in

11 in

canvas

Thread

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