SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way 1980s folk art with some surface cracking on

with some surface cracking on the green painted reverse side and one small surface loss at upper left above "Bear

38 1/4” l x 1 1/8” t

Late 18th or very early 19th century I believe

I'd never seen a rug beater like this before when I found it

or if one was lost

SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way 1980s folk art with some surface cracking onI'm a sucker for a super naive antique sampler, and really really love the combination of very naive and very aspirational; no small thing to attempt letters as fancy as many of these and, really, even more of a feat to manage a whole stretch of them backwards! I know from the seller I purchased this from that it came from Pennsylvania, c. mid 19th century I believe. The ground is very loosely woven, with unfinished edges but the embroidered borders