Sampler worked in cross stitch in colored silk on fine white cotton pattern, marked IMB 1847, sampler embroidery needlework imagery cotton silk, textile embroidery cross stitch Rectangular lap of white cotton with fine pattern with above and below selvedge and left and right hem of 0.3 cm . The patch is embroided in cross-stitch with silk in the colors black rust red mauve salmon pink light salmon pink beige dark blue mid blue blue purple rust brown dark green green yellowish yellow beige yellow and light orange yellow. The rag is symmetrically arranged with motifs that are generally embroided on both the left and the right of the middle axis: IMB 1847 OLD 13 IAAR needlework