- Maker
- Godfa(x), Mary
- Date made
- 1660
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Counted Satin, Double running, Eyelet, Montenegrin cross, Tent, Trellis, Two sided Italian cross, Pulled work including Single faggot, Cutwork with buttonhole filling.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk, Linen
- Predominent Motif
- A band sampler worked from both ends. Facing one way has various decorative cross bands, several alphabets. The other end also have cross bands including one wide one with the "boxers", deer, frogs, rabbits and birds. No border.
- Inscription
- M A R Y G O D F A (X) //
- Length Without Frame
- 33 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 8 1/8"
- Historical Owner
- #43.287 Elizabeth Day McCormick collection
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts
