Samplers: Learning to Sew


Polly Warren sampler, Gorham, ca. 1800

Polly Warren sampler, Gorham, ca. 1800
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Maine Historical Society

The earliest and most common motif on samplers was the alphabet and seamstress' name, as on this sampler by Polly Warren, of Gorham.

Polly did not record her age or the date she finished her sampler, information many girls embroidered into their work.

Other text might include their own poetry or verses from the Bible.

The sampler was made is about 1800.

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