An unusual four-sided counted satin stitch border surrounds two verses and the Lord's Prayer on this finely preserved English Sampler. At least two other very similar samplers are known to us, suggesting the existence of a teacher who was a proponent of this sampler format. One is pictured in Samplers by Averil Colby, fig. 106, worked by Mary Whitehead in 1740; the other is ex-collectio The Scarlet Letter, with a nearly identical scene of hillocks and birds as well as the same border, by Elinor Brown and dated 1733.

Origin and date: English 1735

Experience is advisable for this piece.

Linen count and finished size: 40-count, 18"x14-1/4". Kit contains fabric, silk or cotton thread, needle and instructions.

Stitches: Cross, tent, eyelet, counted satin, lazy daisy, chain, diamond eyelet, four-sided, back, stem, and smyrna cross

This piece belongs to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England.