Map sampler made at Pleasent Valley Quaker Boarding School, Polly Platt, 1809

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Map sampler made at Pleasent Valley Quaker Boarding School, 1809, Made in Dutchess County, Pleasant Valley, New York, United States, American, Silk and chenille embroidery on silk, 16 1/8 x 20 in. (41 x cm), Textiles, Polly Platt (American, born Athens, New York, 1795), Map samplers worked by schoolgirls emerged in Britain during the late eighteenth century. The tradition eventually spread to North America, though it was not practiced with the same frequency as in Britain

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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