Sampler, Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, eyelet and running stitches on plain weave foundation, A sampler of isolated motifs and texts within a curving floral border. The wool foundation cloth is very fine, and the embroidery from word to word shows through from the other side. The text reads, 'Behold the Labour of My tender Age and View this work Which did My hours Engage with Anxious care I did Those colors Place to gain A smile From my dear parents Face whose Care for Me I ever did Regard and Hope that Heaven will Send A kind Reward those little faults I hope You will Excuse then Your commands On me I'll not Refuse.' It concludes at the bottom, 'This Sampler Was Worked By Various Hands And Finished In The Year Of Our Lord 1819.', England, 1819, embroidery & stitching, Sampler