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Rare Pennsylvania silk on silk and linen sampler purse, late 18th , probably Chester County, wrought by "M. Morton", with black silk exterior opening to floral embroidered spray, and multicolor alphabet, 3 3/4" h., 4 1/4" w.- closed, 9" h., 4 1/4" w.- open. For a similar needlework example by Mary Morton, possibly the same girl, see "Gallery of American Samplers-Theodore Kapnek Collection, p. 28, item 27.


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Date:
2003-09-20

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