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LUCY MARIA WIGGIN
1822 |
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Lucy Marie Wiggin was born in 1815 to
a prominent Portsmouth, New Hampshire, farmer and his wife. She
later because a school teacher in that town, before marrying
and starting her own family in Exeter. Her sampler, made when
she was just seven years old, was worked on hand-dyed green linsey-woolsey,
as were a number of samplers made in the Portsmouth area. |
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Origin and date: Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
circa 1822
Rated: Intermediate
Linen count/finished size: 25 count, 18"x16"
Stitches: Cross, stem, satin
Source: Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Kit with cotton floss: $50.00
Kit with silk floss: $90.00
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