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Girls learnt to sew and embroider when they were young. They embroidered
samplers like this to show off their needlework skills. This sampler
is a map of England and Wales. It was made at Elmore School in 1848
but was unfinished.
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an embroidery designs from an 1890 Young Ladies’ Journal, a women's magazine of 'fashion, fancy work
and family reading'.
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