SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1880 Linen Sewing and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Blue antique wooden case It's just the right scale

It's just the right scale at a little over a foot across

produced by cutting out a template of a chair then spattering ink around it

It seems as though the wood was quite deliberately chosen

I removed an old bandaid on the backside bottom that was acting as a wall bumper

I am guessing mid 19th century

SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1880 Linen Sewing and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Blue antique wooden case It's just the right scaleOne of two beautifully executed 19th century British sewing samplers I'm listing today, both completed by a A. E. Farnsworth, this larger one in 1880. As with the other, the blue darned square on this one is as precise as any I've ever seen the stitches are teeny teeny teeny tiny, and its just a beautiful thing. I tend to prefer these sewing skill samplers, practicing mending and darning and seamwork, etc. to alphabet samplers (except of the very