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Linen Sampler, Elizabeth Alsop

Linen Sampler, Elizabeth Alsop

Date1848
SupportLinen
Credit LineGift of Mr. Fred Bradshaw, London, Ontario, 1961
Object number1961.088.002
Label TextElizabeth Alsop made this sampler in 1848. The format as well as the use of a single thread colour suggests that Alsop probably made it as a schoolroom exercise while she attended school near East Finchley in London, England. The sampler is typical of the "school style," a format common throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. These samplers include a variety of alphabets, numerals, and improving or informative inscriptions.
NameSampler