Needlework Sampler

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Needlework Sampler, "Nancy Laighton Durham, aged 14 years old/Febu th4 1806," New Hampshire, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground with flowering vines surrounding rows of alphabets, over a verse "The rose is red/the grass is green/the days are past that I have seen.," (toning, stains),27 x 12 1/2 in., in a period mahogany veneer frame.
Estimate $400-600

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