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LOT 2005
Embroidery Sampler
DATED 1834 A.D.
19 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (1.7 kg, 49 x 40 cm).
Framed and glazed; embroidered by Phoebe Chisholm aged 12 years 1834. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
East Anglian private collection.
Footnotes
The verse is quoted from the poem 'The Growing Boy'.
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