A Westport sampler
Posted on February 21, 2014 by Jenny ONeill
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Phoebe Baker’s Sampler 1807
From the mid-eighteenth century it was common for young girls to work on samplers as part of their education. Phoebe Baker’s sampler displays the letters of the alphabet and a strawberry border. WHS 2000.036.001 Gift of Clara Sherman