Very Naive 19th Century New England Alphabet Sampler with Zig Zag on (Equally Expressive) Homespun collectible blocks (I've seen toothpicks work pretty

(I've seen toothpicks work pretty well as peg legs:)

but also for the fact of its "subjects" nearly disappearing amidst all those trees--good camouflage for an afternoon tryst

I really love this little tin litho football

Approx 10 1/2" t x 4 1/12" w x 2 1/2" d and very heavy for its size

Her intense

Very Naive 19th Century New England Alphabet Sampler with Zig Zag on (Equally Expressive) Homespun collectible blocks (I've seen toothpicks work prettySo many different sorts of samplers to love, for different reasons. As far as alphabet samplers go (simple ones like this are also called marking samplers), I see a lot of lovely early examples around New England, with precisely embroidered, densely packed letters marching along perfectly straight lines, and I do very much admire them. But much less often do I come across an example as naive, and so, as expressive, as this one. And I think small ones