Elizabeth Van Duyne 1793 American Sampler antique sampler Attach beads with one strand

Attach beads with one strand of floss using a cross-stitch instead of a half-stitch

southern France

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Elizabeth Van Duyne 1793 American Sampler antique sampler Attach beads with one strandThis 235 year old American schoolgirl Needlework Sampler was cross stitched using silk on linen, featuring a sawtooth border enclosing an alphabet. Dated Jan. 1, 1793, signed Sitea Van Duyne born October the 29th in the year 1777. The lower half of the sampler is unfinished. 10" x 9", float mounted under glass atop a cream mat in a later gilt molded frame, 14" x 13". This is likely the sampler of Elizabeth Van Duyne, (also spelled Van Duyn) daughter