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Band sampler with alphabets, floral baskets, etc.
Public Domain

E. Sills

Band sampler with alphabets, floral baskets, etc.

1812

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E. Sills

Band sampler with alphabets, floral baskets, etc.

1812

Physical Qualities Wool ground, silk embroidery threads, 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (21.3 x 15.8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore, MD.
Object Number 1997.205
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1997; Dena Katzenberg, Baltimore, MD.

Inscribed: Embroidered in silk threads approximately two-thirds of down from the top of the sampler: 'E. Sills 1813'. See DESCRIPTION for other embroidered inscriptions.

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