American Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler, Dated 1811. Worked in blue, green, pink, brown, black and white wool threads on canvas with eight rows of the alphabet and numbers, signed "Wellha Parker (?)" lower left and dated "1811" lower right, surrounded by a meandering flower stem border along the top, tall flower stems on the sides and along the bottom a pair of baskets and flower stems centering a pair of birds perched in a tree; housed in the original lemon gold frame.Frame: H: 17.5 in., W: 19.125 in., D: 0.75 in.

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