SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way 1980s folk art 38 1/4” l x 1

38 1/4” l x 1 1/8” t

or if one was lost

I'm finding myself drawn to American eagles in all sorts of incarnations of late with a certain sense of urgency- at least in good part for fear of their extinction

9" long x 3 5/8" tall x 5/8" thick

I'd never seen a rug beater like this before when I found it

SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way 1980s folk art 38 1/4” l x 1I'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