SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red religious watercolor with glass

with glass

and also for the way their are cropped and lean a little right

three flowers

4 1/4" from top of head to tail feathers

I try to avoid buying things larger than a 12x12x12 box will accommodate

SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red religious watercolor with glassIt's hard to tell scale from photos, I know, but the red darned square on this small 1878 schoolgirl sewing sampler is as precise as any I've ever seen the stitches are teeny teeny teeny tiny, and it's really a beautiful thing. I tend to prefer these sewing skill samplers, practicing mending and darning and seam work, etc. to alphabet samplers (except of the very unusual variety) as these feel so crisp and contemporary; so often white on white and all