Vintage Antique Framed Sampler Cross Stitch Embroidery Needlework Queer But Thee - $120 - (Mount Hermon, LA)

Everyone is queer, save thee and me and sometimes I wonder about thee. Measures 15 x 12 inches. The sampler was found in Brookhaven, Mississippi. The social reformer Robert Owen (1771-1858) is supposed to have said this in 1828 to his business partner William Allen. They had both been involved in setting up the model industrial community New Lanark, but increasing friction between the two led to Owen pulling out of the concern. His actual words are said to have been 'All the world is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer. No damage to sampler but the frame has scratches Shipping will be by the pound to your zipcode (extra packing)

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