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Needlework sampler fragment, alphab

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Needlework sampler fragment, alphab
Needlework sampler fragment, alphabets above two floral sprigs
flanking inscription "The. . .Howard. . . Female School, Iredell
County, No
Carolina,
Jun 26, 1848," curly maple lap-jointed frame, possibly original,
16-1/2 x
18
in. Extensive loss of fabric, moth damage. This rare survival was
worked
by
Harriet A. Howard, age 14, who was a student at the public school in
Stateville, North Carolina, District 36. The school was taught by Hugh
Roddy
Hall and Mrs. E.T. McCutcheon whose name appears at the bottom of the
sampler.