Sampler, Mary Fitz, (American, born 1807), Medium: silk and human hair embroidery, cotton foundation, silk ribbon Technique: embroidered in cross, half cross, satin, stem, rococo, feather and buttonhole stitches on plain weave foundation, Central scene of two women, one standing, and one seated on a bench beneath a grape arbor. Border of sixteen squares containing birds, flowering sprays, baskets of flowers, boys at play, a house, and, at the bottom center, the inscription. With a border of green silk ribbon., Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, USA, 1819, embroidery & stitching, Sampler

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