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Breck, Rachel · 1810 · silk (ground material)

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<p>After a young lady learned to embroider a sampler, she might attend a female academy to make a silk embroidered picture. This was a more challenging technique that became popular in the early 1800s.

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Credit lineCharity. 1810. Breck, Rachel. National Museum of American History, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood. CC0.

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