Early 19th Century Alphabet Sampler with Fantastic Border on Homespun Linen squiggle pattern crayon and pencil on construction

crayon and pencil on construction paper

I think these are the perfect addendum to a white shirt and pair of jeans or all black

I’d put a hook on the back and hang it on the wall

I know there are some contemporary makers of faux food

with a couple of tiny folds to the bottom corners and a bit of scattered staining/toning

Early 19th Century Alphabet Sampler with Fantastic Border on Homespun Linen squiggle pattern crayon and pencil on constructionIt is the fantastic embroidered border which happily consumes much of the space! that really sold me on this American schoolgirl sampler, which dates sometime between 1800 1830 I believe. Details show it best two borders, really, with this wonderful snaking vine punctuated with a variety of flowers in between. With a cross stitch alphabet at center, and then again in lower case with numbers 1,2,3,4 running along the bottom, uninterrupted. The color on