SOLD Mary Ann James' 1860s Sampler in Birds Eye Maple Frame signed Japanese fan I really love the hand-painted

I really love the hand-painted face with orange cheeks and great black ruffle on the white collar

“Suffrage Blue Bird Day

A super creature--at first I though cat

I prefer though to think he's just a handsome

SOLD Mary Ann James' 1860s Sampler in Birds Eye Maple Frame signed Japanese fan I really love the hand-paintedI purchased this one from a seller who had it in her personal collection for many years and, like me, loved it for being colorful, and cheerful, and especially for that red brick house and those birds! Wool yarn on linen, I believe it is American, and was done by a Mary Ann James, age 11, with a date of either 1863 or 1866. I did find a Mary Ann James of Kaufman County, Texas born in 1852 (her parents originally from Kentucky and who later moved to