Large sampler worked in cross stitch with colored wool on coarse canvas of bleached cotton, marked MJ 1860, exercise, sampler embroidery needlework images cotton wool, textile embroidery cross stitch tapestry large piece of coarse woven bleached cotton topped and underneath selvedge with woven hard yellow and beige stripes and left and right hem edge of 0.6 cm. The piece is embroided in cross-stitch with wool in the colors bright pink pale pink medium pink salmon beige beige dark brown gray black white red orange red light green olive green pale yellow and dark blue. the rag has symmetrical layout the motifs left and right are the same. Embossed around four different ornamental borders in different colors: MJ and 1860 crafts exercise bible religion spy Canaan