Remarkable for their inventiveness and beauty, needlework samplers are historical documents written by girls on silk and linen with needles.
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Don't miss this remarkable show of needlework samplers stitched by girls, mostly aged 5 to 16, between 1689 and 1850. On display through April 30. |
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Sampler collector and historian Alexandra Peters talks about how these needleworks made before 1850 show us life before the Industrial Revolution from the often surprising perspective of young women. |
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