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This sampler is probably American. Its unusual tablet-like format suggests it might have been a prototype for a pocketbook. It is worked with fairly coarse silk threads on a loosely woven homespun linen. The inscription is:
In shades of rush, copper, blue, green, black, cream and ivory |
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Origin and date: American, 1776 |
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