Skilled Sewing Sampler by Student Mary Lane Nolan, Aged Approx. 9

[Pennsylvania?], 1890. Very good. Light dust soiling, four buttons lacking, a couple threads loose.. A finely wrought needlework sampler made by a young girl named Mary Lane Nolan, then a student at "St. Mary's School". The sampler is made from a fine white cotton and features the following techniques, showcasing Nolan's skill: needlework, pleating, button holes, thread work, white work, and hemstitching and/or drawn thread work (a type of white work "in which specific threads of the warp (running vertically) and weft (running horizontally) of a backing fabric are cut and drawn out, with the remaining threads stitched together to create intricate patterns", V&A Museum website). The sampler itself measures approx. 23.5" by 12.5", and is mounted on brown felt in a modern wooden frame.