(Across the top): Margret * Renfrew * stitched * this * sampler * in * the * year *1767 / (In the upper third): I R A P GR IR AR AR (In the lower third): THE ANGEL MICHAEL PWTTIN / OWR FIRST PARENTS OWT OF / PARADISE THEY HAND IN HA / WITH WANDERING STEPS K / AND SLOW THROW EDEN TOO / THEIR SOLITARY WARY EM EI

Maker

Renfrew, Margret

Date made

1767

Origin

England

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Wool

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

A biblical scene done in a stitched rectangle. An angel leads a man and woman through a garden with trees, birds, animals. Arcaded flower border all four sides.

Inscription

(Across the top): Margret * Renfrew * stitched * this * sampler * in * the * year *1767 / (In the upper third): I R A P GR IR AR AR (In the lower third): THE ANGEL MICHAEL PWTTIN / OWR FIRST PARENTS OWT OF / PARADISE THEY HAND IN HA / WITH WANDERING STEPS K / AND SLOW THROW EDEN TOO / THEIR SOLITARY WARY EM EI

Historical Owner

#1905.123

Owner

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Owner Private

Worcester Art Museum