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Region: Middle Tennessee
1834 Jemima Clardy Mclelin

1714"V x 1614"H © TSS 141
fibers: silk
ground: 32 ct. linen
Description:
Jemima's unusual sampler featured a sawtooth border at the top and bottom and two different floral repeats along the sides. She used drawn work for the centers of the flowers on the left, a technique found in only one other Tennessee sampler. She included the name of her mother, Susan Mclelin, perhaps indicating that she was her mother's student.