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<p>[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1854659, member: 12007"]Early kit for embroiderer, late 19thc would be my guess, sort of an old version of paint by numbers ..outlines are drawn on the canvas and embroiderer fills in the blanks. Subject suggests later rather than earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>A version of Berlin Wool work or Canvas work perhaps</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_wool_work" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_wool_work" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_wool_work</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1854659, member: 12007"]Early kit for embroiderer, late 19thc would be my guess, sort of an old version of paint by numbers ..outlines are drawn on the canvas and embroiderer fills in the blanks. Subject suggests later rather than earlier. A version of Berlin Wool work or Canvas work perhaps [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_wool_work[/URL][/QUOTE]
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