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Nineteenth century English sampler, 



linen and embroideries become by practice. 

 The sampler upon page 361, worked in 

 1789, by little Miss Jane Gibson, is typical 

 of the English and American work of that 

 period and reflects its sober attitude. By 

 omitting the alphabets and numerals, so 

 often used, Miss Jane secures space for 

 two quotations from scripture and a stanza 

 of fervid poetry besides many borders and 

 a little garden scene with <an arbor in the 

 foreground. Her name, with due modesty 

 is included, apparently as an afterthought. 

 The reds, greens and tones of old rose are 

 almost as effective against the ecru linen 

 as when the sampler was worked. At the 

 bottom of page 361 is a sampler which, 

 while not so decorative as samplers often 

 are, is extremely interesting as containing 



undated English sampler 



An early Dutch sampler, 1 706 



almost all of the embroidery and lace 

 stitohes used in America or England a cen- 

 tury ago. These stitches, in several colors, 

 are exceedingly beautiful against the back- 

 ground of gray linen. 



The two samplers which appear at the 

 top of page 362 were made at times nearly 

 •an exact century apart, for one was worked 

 in 1706 (by one who did not leave em- 

 broidered record of her name), and Mary 

 Luce worked hers in 1802, the chief adorn- 

 ment of which samplers is a spirited por- 

 trayal of the beguilement of Adam and 

 Eve. Both samplers exhibit a fondness for 

 such decoration as birds, trees, baskets of 

 fruit and of flowers in conventionalized 

 form. Other samplers illustrated on this 

 page are equally interesting and attractive. 







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