- Maker
- Porter, Jean
- Date made
- 1710
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Long-armed cross, Herringbone, Double running, Detached looping, Buttonhole, Couching.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Various cross bands both narrow and wide. Three panels with Adam and Eve, various females and males, dogs, large deer, birds. Near the center a narrow band with crowns and coronets, lions and initials. At the bottom one very wide flowered cross band. Numbers 1-10. No border.
- Inscription
- (At the top): T H I S* SAMPLER * WAS * BEGAN* MAY *14* 17 / 09 (At the bottom): IEAN * PORTER *SAMPLER * WAS * FINISHED / APRIL * THE * 6 * 1710 //
- Length Without Frame
- 18 11/16"
- Width Without Frame
- 8 7/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1941-69-63 Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
- Owner
- Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
