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Historic New England
Digitized Museum Collections
Alphabet Sampler
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Item Information
Title:
Alphabet Sampler
Description:
Alphabet sampler; squarish, ivory linen ground; pink cross stitched border; name at bottom. Cross stitch with eyelet hole stitch at the end of several lines. Alphabets: #1-missing "J"; #2-missing "J"; numbers: "1-9", "1-3".
Creator:
Wheeler, Elizabeth Bancroft (Cheever), 1862-1947
Date:
1823
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
cross-stitching
embroidering
linen (material)
silk (textile)
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
alphabets (symbols)
numerals
Linen
Silk
Cross-stitched
Embroidered
Numbers
Alphabet
Places:
Maine
>
York (county)
>
York Harbor
Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.)
Extent:
5 1/2 in. x 6 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/49511
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Hallowell (Kennebec county, Maine)
Notes:
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
Accession #:
1977.560
Identifier:
49511
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