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MINIATURE SAMPLER CIRCA 1815 |
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| This elaborate miniature sampler is of English origin, and was originally stitched over two threads on a slightly uneven weave fine tammy (wool) ground of approximately 50 threads to the inch. While most extant miniature samplers of this period are largely monochromatic, or consist only of very simple designs (alphabets, brief slogans), this one is quite ambitious with its involved three-tiered scene, with a four-sided Greek fretwork border. | |
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Origin and date: England, circa 1815 Rated: Beginning Linen count and finished size: 25 count, 7"x7-1/2" Stitches: Cross, double cross, counted satin Source: Private collection Kit with silk floss: $35.00 |
