Sampler, Mary Brown, Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem and buttonhole stitches, with cutwork with needle-made loop-and-twist fillings (hollie point), on plain weave foundation, Small square sampler of fine white linen with five rows of squares and circles cut out, with needle lace and hollie point fillings. White geometric bands in between the rows, and a border of acorns in curving vine., England or Scotland, 1732, embroidery & stitching, Sampler