Antique Embroidered 1818 Alphabet Sampler, with Attribution, in Adirondack Frame antique hand-carved and another in a similar

and another in a similar manner listed separately

The old black painted wood frame shows some dings

There is some darkening and one small nick in the wood at the round of the handle

The Smithsonian Museum of Art (among many other institutions including the American Folk Art Museum) has a terrific collection of his work

Antique Embroidered 1818 Alphabet Sampler, with Attribution, in Adirondack Frame antique hand-carved and another in a similarThere is information taped to the back of this frame attributing this sampler to "Grandma" (Bonere it looks to me, but a bit hard to read) and dating it to 1818, when she was 8 years old. It is in such pristine condition it looks as if it might have been done yesterday, but the absence of the J and U, the fraktur style lettering of the first half (through to the M, then changing style with the N) and the round hand of the second half all seem right to