SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red tigers etc--would attach at their back

etc--would attach at their back to a wooden rod

More evident in hand than in photos

perhaps a Pulitzer

where I believe it has likely always lived as there is an inscription along one edge on back of the frame

I found these three together and think they're quite good as a trio (really covering all the bases

SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red tigers etc--would attach at their backIt'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