Cross stitch with red thread on embroidery cloth
Signature: Florentine Demaraits
1845
H 8 x W 21
Museum of Life in Burgundy, 97.28.3
On the "cushion" are embroidered the alphabet, the numbers 0 to 9, occasionally the name, the age of the little girl and the date of the work. This was used to mark her trousseau.
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