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Makers / Maker's Age: Barley, Sarah (age 9)
Date Made: 1818
Origin: US
School / Teacher:
Stitches: Cross,
Embroidery Thread: Silk
Foundation Cloth: Linen
Dimensions: w x 16 3/8" h
Owner: Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD www.mdhs.org
Inscriptions:
Predominant Motif: 2 alphabets: uppercase block and uppercase cursive, both incomplete. Narrow cross bands. In the lower section a wide cross band with two birds and a plant on both L and R and in the center a large flowering tree motif. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all four sides.
History of Owner: #1955.58.48d Gift of Dr. James Bordley, Jr.
Published in american samplers by bolton & COE, 1921No