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Small alphabet sampler, vertical rectangle. Natural linen ground, polychromatic. Rows of geometric needlework at top. Alphabets: #1 missing "J", "U"
samplers (embroidery)
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Sampler
""HULDA M . PU/RINTUN BOR/N THE 3 OF TH________"" ""1771""
Purinton, Huldah (Embroiderer)
7 1/2 x 5 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Alice and Emil Ahlborn
1961.150
Massachusetts (United States)
Lynn (Essex county, Massachusetts)
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