Small narrow sampler worked in cross stitch and braid stitch in colored silk on finely woven cream colored linen, marked 1641 M, sampler embroidery needlework images textile linen silk, embroidery cross stitch braiding stitch lockstitch low narrow piece of very fine and tightly woven cream colored linen with narrow hem with open hemstitch on all sides. The piece is embroided with silk in the colors crimson pink pink ivory olive color ivory ocher yellow light gray blue and dark gray blue dark brown embroided: 1641 M needlework