SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way 19th century drawings but otherwise she's in very

but otherwise she's in very good shape and very sturdy

but sound and lovely and ready for a 16" pillow

9 3/8" in diameter

Jiggs drawing measures 4 7/8" x 2"

with light wear to the lacquer and minor surface cracking

SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way 19th century drawings but otherwise she's in veryI'm a sucker for a super naive antique sampler, and really really love the combination of very naive and very aspirational; no small thing to attempt letters as fancy as many of these and, really, even more of a feat to manage a whole stretch of them backwards! I know from the seller I purchased this from that it came from Pennsylvania, c. mid 19th century I believe. The ground is very loosely woven, with unfinished edges but the embroidered borders