Lovely Small 19th C. Needlework Sampler on Linen Monogrammed MAM abstract expressionism a bit of minor toning

a bit of minor toning to drawing

with a figure smoking a cigar sitting on the porch and two figures inside looking out the tiny windows

Nickel is spelled wrong

which tells me that they are (old

Lovely Small 19th C. Needlework Sampler on Linen Monogrammed MAM abstract expressionism a bit of minor toningA real charmer of a small sampler I think, found in New Hampshire, with an alphabet running A to R (clearly there was never more than that) and then this terrific monogram MAM at center, composed of tiny eyelets, and surrounded by an embroidered wreath in blue and pink and dark green with vines above and below. On linen, with wonderful border detail. 19th c. clearly, but I am not an expert in dating samplers, so not certain more precisely; my gut says