Amish sampler with lettering and motifs
Barbara Beiler American
Not on view
This classic example of a Pennsylvania German sampler was made by an Amish girl. Samplers that show many motifs—this one displays seventy-three—were used primarily to record and practice designs and alphabets that were later referred to when initialing and decorating household textiles.
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