Antique Embroidered 1818 Alphabet Sampler, with Attribution, in Adirondack Frame antique hand-carved which seems maybe like well

which seems maybe like well worn velvet

with the white painted bridge at left representing a path between here and there

>>one features very light

It's got a great patina and a couple of little chips in the wood that I think just add to its character

from whatever materials they had at hand--but my guess is that this small lidded box is an example

Antique Embroidered 1818 Alphabet Sampler, with Attribution, in Adirondack Frame antique hand-carved which seems maybe like wellThere 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