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Subject(s)

• Samplers—Specimens [Browse]

Contained in

• Cotsen Children's Library collection of children's handkerchiefs and printed textiles

Summary note

Needlework sampler featuring embroidered list of names, birth dates, and death dates (where appropriate), of 11 children in the Oughton family, ranging from 1767-1787. Enclosed in a narrow, simple border, using three stitches (outline, cross, and tent) in blue-gray, black, gold, and silver silk thread on linen.

Notes

Title provided by dealer.

In

Cotsen Children's Library collection of children's handkerchiefs and printed textiles

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