Very Naive 19th Century New England Alphabet Sampler with Zig Zag on (Equally Expressive) Homespun collectible blocks Her intense

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but also for the fact of its "subjects" nearly disappearing amidst all those trees--good camouflage for an afternoon tryst

Lots of wear to covers and curling to the corners as evident

Approx 10 1/2" t x 4 1/12" w x 2 1/2" d and very heavy for its size

Very Naive 19th Century New England Alphabet Sampler with Zig Zag on (Equally Expressive) Homespun collectible blocks Her intenseSo many different sorts of samplers to love, for different reasons. As far as alphabet samplers go (simple ones like this are also called marking samplers), I see a lot of lovely early examples around New England, with precisely embroidered, densely packed letters marching along perfectly straight lines, and I do very much admire them. But much less often do I come across an example as naive, and so, as expressive, as this one. And I think small ones