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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 1512857, member: 1476"]It would be almost impossible to age from a photograph, if at all, because not much to go on. Would have been done from a pattern and didn't entail a lot of handwork or elaborate stitches. A serious needleperson would not have embroidered "DREAM" freehand like that. If I were guessing, I'd think done in a nursing home as part of a craft activity. (I'm serious.) And not too long ago because that use of inspirational verbs is fairly recent. One way to tell if maker had learned to embroider properly is to turn the piece over. It should be neat and almost a mirror image of the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 1512857, member: 1476"]It would be almost impossible to age from a photograph, if at all, because not much to go on. Would have been done from a pattern and didn't entail a lot of handwork or elaborate stitches. A serious needleperson would not have embroidered "DREAM" freehand like that. If I were guessing, I'd think done in a nursing home as part of a craft activity. (I'm serious.) And not too long ago because that use of inspirational verbs is fairly recent. One way to tell if maker had learned to embroider properly is to turn the piece over. It should be neat and almost a mirror image of the reverse. Debora[/QUOTE]
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