Item 4201 - Dolley Carleton Sampler, ca. 1770
- Item 4201 - Dolley Carleton Sampler, ca. 1770
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- Item 4201
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Image Info This sampler by Dolley Carleton with silk thread on a simple piece of linen is dated approximately 1770.
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Carleton practiced her stitches by illustrating the most classic of sampler motifs, the alphabet. She rendered the letters in both cursive and print styles.
Rather than attempt a floral border, she chose to merely frame her work with a repeating "V" pattern.
