SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red tigers I'm becoming quite enamored of

I'm becoming quite enamored of old wooden toys

More evident in hand than in photos

as are her sisters Josephine Arquero and Maria Laweka

I found these three together and think they're quite good as a trio (really covering all the bases

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SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red tigers I'm becoming quite enamored ofIt's hard to tell scale from photos, I know, but the red darned square on this small 1878 schoolgirl sewing sampler is as precise as any I've ever seen the stitches are teeny teeny teeny tiny, and it's really a beautiful thing. I tend to prefer these sewing skill samplers, practicing mending and darning and seam work, etc. to alphabet samplers (except of the very unusual variety) as these feel so crisp and contemporary; so often white on white and all