Embroidered Sampler

Anna Denlinger American

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Anna Denlinger, a Mennonite girl, stitched this sampler featuring the motif of a heart surrounded by flowers and letters that is common to many Pennsylvania German samplers. The letters surrounding the heart, O E H B D D E, stand for a motto in German, which warns: "Oh noble heart think on thine end."

Embroidered Sampler, Anna Denlinger (born 1818/19), Silk and wool on linen, embroidered, American

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