Very Naive 19th Century New England Alphabet Sampler with Zig Zag on (Equally Expressive) Homespun collectible blocks with great lettering and what

with great lettering and what looks like an eye at the center of the label

and a few stains

and then a mix of smaller papers

Approx 10 1/2" t x 4 1/12" w x 2 1/2" d and very heavy for its size

inked his name inside at both ends

Very Naive 19th Century New England Alphabet Sampler with Zig Zag on (Equally Expressive) Homespun collectible blocks with great lettering and whatSo many different sorts of samplers to love, for different reasons. As far as alphabet samplers go (simple ones like this are also called marking samplers), I see a lot of lovely early examples around New England, with precisely embroidered, densely packed letters marching along perfectly straight lines, and I do very much admire them. But much less often do I come across an example as naive, and so, as expressive, as this one. And I think small ones