English Sampler, Mary Goodwin 1764 MAF 1849 Sampler The border

The border

Aida will not work as there are over-one section

The original was stitched on cotton gauze with silk threads and measured 7

The restitch is longer than the original which was stitched on uneven weave linen

English Sampler, Mary Goodwin 1764 MAF 1849 Sampler The border261 year old English sampler. Pictorial silk on linen cross stitched sampler, featuring a strawberry and sawtooth border enclosing two alphabets and a row of numbers over a verse extolling respect for parents. Quite striking and unusual is the repeat of the border as a center feature like a flower field. Signed MARY GOODWIN AGED 16 1764, over flowering "strawberry plants", birds and black and white sheep or cows on grassy mounds. Very charming