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Abigail Davis was born in Gloucester County, New Jersey in 1808.  She stitched her sampler in 1820 at the age of 12.  The sampler has a brick Federal house flanked by pine trees and large animated parrots.  Flowers spring from a pair of square flower pots.  There is a curving rose border on three sides of the sampler.  It contains cross, rice, queen, cross over one, freehand, stem, satin and encroaching satin stitches.  Colors are greens, blues, rusts, black and golds. 

You can find additional information about this sampler on the Antique Samplers web site at www.antiquesamplers.org.  It is also listed in American Samplers by Bolton & Coe.

Closeups of the birds and the parrot on the sampler are shown below. Click on any of the images for a larger picture.

The antique measures 19 1/2 X 19 1/2 inches.  The linen count is 35 and the threads will be silk.  Kit fee is approximately $150. The teaching fee estimate is $75. 

The deadline for sign up is March 31st. We need to have 12 participants by this date or this workshop will be cancelled. This is a firm deadline, so please sign up today if you want to attend!

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