SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way 19th century drawings some of them showing carved

some of them showing carved plugs

and feel like I know her

with fantastic

Jiggs drawing measures 4 7/8" x 2"

with light wear to the lacquer and minor surface cracking

SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way 19th century drawings some of them showing carvedI'm a sucker for a super naive antique sampler, and really really love the combination of very naive and very aspirational; no small thing to attempt letters as fancy as many of these and, really, even more of a feat to manage a whole stretch of them backwards! I know from the seller I purchased this from that it came from Pennsylvania, c. mid 19th century I believe. The ground is very loosely woven, with unfinished edges but the embroidered borders