Antique Schoolgirl Crocheted Lace on Colorful Cloth Sampler Book New England coast others show some rusting to

others show some rusting to the brass but all are totally useable and interlock

with some aging to the paper

" a nod I believe to Descarte's classic work of the same title

certainly makes me want to set a bottle of ink on my desk and start writing letters

the signature is a very close match for hers

Antique Schoolgirl Crocheted Lace on Colorful Cloth Sampler Book New England coast others show some rusting toI've become really enamored of all sorts of schoolgirl samplers needlework alphabet samplers, sure, but more so the less common to find woven and folded paper samplers, and darning samplers, and crochet samplers like this one. And this little humbly sewn together book, composed of richly colored cut cotton cloth and filled with dozens of little crocheted bits, is about the most charming thing I can imagine, just teeming with the love and care of many