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Title
Elizabeth Holland's Sampler
Subject
Elizabeth Holland's Sampler, made in Boston, Massachusetts.
Description
Three block alphabets; no "J" or "U." All alphabet letters and words in inscription done in alternating colors; geometric crossbands (some of them geometric flowering vines) separate all rows. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, two-sided cross, marking cross, satin, straight, fern, Algerian eye, herringbone, long-armed cross.
Creator
Elizabeth Holland
Source
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_639696
Publisher
National Museum of American History
Date
1737