SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red tigers I found these three together

I found these three together and think they're quite good as a trio (really covering all the bases

as are her sisters Josephine Arquero and Maria Laweka

I'm becoming quite enamored of old wooden toys

Punch measures 10 1/4" x 3 1/2" w x 4 1/4" d

More evident in hand than in photos

SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red tigers I found these three togetherIt's hard to tell scale from photos, I know, but the red darned square on this small 1878 schoolgirl sewing sampler is as precise as any I've ever seen the stitches are teeny teeny teeny tiny, and it's really a beautiful thing. I tend to prefer these sewing skill samplers, practicing mending and darning and seam work, etc. to alphabet samplers (except of the very unusual variety) as these feel so crisp and contemporary; so often white on white and all