SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red religious watercolor 4 1/4" from top of

4 1/4" from top of head to tail feathers

I am uncertain of the age and am not a sampler expert

three flowers

and also for the way their are cropped and lean a little right

I am thinking this is most likely a piece of British trench art

SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red religious watercolor 4 1/4" from top ofIt's hard to tell scale from photos, I know, but the red darned square on this small 1878 schoolgirl sewing sampler is as precise as any I've ever seen the stitches are teeny teeny teeny tiny, and it's really a beautiful thing. I tend to prefer these sewing skill samplers, practicing mending and darning and seam work, etc. to alphabet samplers (except of the very unusual variety) as these feel so crisp and contemporary; so often white on white and all