SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way 19th century drawings The spine is in rough

The spine is in rough shape but the binding is holding and the pages are in generally good condition

some of them showing carved plugs

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

9 3/8" in diameter

but I love the drawings of these two little girls and dog with tongue hanging out of its mouth so much

SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way 19th century drawings The spine is in roughI'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