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Title
Diana Austin's Sampler
Subject
Diana Austin's Sampler, made in Vermont
Description
This sampler features two script alphabets to “X,” and there are also two block alphabets: one with 26 letters and one to “W” with “NOPQ” not worked but a space left for them. At the bottom of the sampler, is a two-story house (in perspective) with a tall pointed tree and a spreading tree behind an ornamental fence, which has reverse-curved sections between fence-posts topped by urns. The inscription reads, “Diana Austins Sampler/ Marked AD 1827 Aged 8/ PENFIELD NY.” Stitches used: Cross, detached chain, four-sided, Algerian eye, buttonhole, outline, and satin.
Creator
Diana Austin
Source
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_639608
Publisher
National Museum of American History
Date
1827