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AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER WROUGHT BY ESTERWALL, DATED 1826. LINEAR BORDER ENCLOSING FIVE ALPHABETS IN DIFFERENT STYLES. TWO ALPHABETS ARE IN THE QUAKER STYLE. DEPICTS POTTED FLOWERS, A FRUIT BASKET, AND BIRDS ON BRANCHES. ALSO A QUAKER SYMBOL OF BIRDS FACING EACH OTHER, WHICH IS A SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP OR MARRIAGE....