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Title
Sarah A. Skillin's Sampler
Subject
Sarah Skillin's Sampler, made in Portland, Maine.
Description
Family genealogy is centered above pair of weeping willow trees. At sides of sampler, vines with roses and buds twist around columns and continue upward forming an arch at top. One death record and worker's name at bottom, below weeping willow trees. Brown guidelines under all free embroidery. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. Stitches: four-sided, crosslet, cross, satin, straight, chain, stem.
Creator
Sarah Skillin
Source
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1096007
Publisher
National Museum of American History
Date
1835
Contributor
Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Stephens