Embroidered Sampler
Lucy Jane Phelps Atwater American
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Lucy Jane Phelps was a resident of West Townsend, Vermont. According to family history, however, she spent a year at a convent school in Cincinnati, where she worked this sampler. She was probably in her teens at the time; instead of such basics as the alphabet and numbers, Lucy received training in fancy embroidery and darning, sewing techniques that were useful for ornamenting and mending clothing.
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