Embroidered Sampler

Lydia Headly American
 Rachel Headly

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Lydia Headly or her younger sister Rachel completed this record of three generations of their Quaker family about 1805. In addition to memorializing the family, she appropriately included the figures of Adam and Eve, and added a portrait of a little house at the bottom.

Embroidered Sampler, Lydia Headly (born 1793), Embroidered silk on linen, American

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Embroidered Sampler, Lydia Headly (born 1793), Embroidered silk on linen, American
Embroidered Sampler, Lydia Headly (born 1793), Embroidered silk on linen, American

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