- Maker
- French, Mary (age 10)
- Date made
- 1741
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Top of sampler is inscribed with 8 lines with a cross band separating each one from the next. A crown is worked as a line ending. A long central octagonal panel, which includes a name and date; surrounding it a symmetrical arrangement of motifs including a fruit basket, crowns and coronets, flower sprigs, strawberries and flower vases.
- Inscription
- 'O all ye nations of the wor / ld praise ye the Lord all wa / y and all ye people every / where set forth his noble / praise for great his kindness / is to (vs) his trv/th doth not de / cay where fore praise ye the', and ' Mary / French end / ed this work/in the tenth ye / ar of her age o / ne thovsand se / ven hvndred for /t y one in the f / ourteen th / year of t / he * rkg2 //
- Length Without Frame
- 44.7 cm
- Width Without Frame
- 20.3 cm
- Historical Owner
- #T.34-1938 Bequest of Mrs. H. A. Longman
- Owner
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Owner Private
- Fitzwilliam Museum
