Embroidered sampler

Mary Pearce

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wooden framed needlework sampler. The frame is dark, with slight sheen. Beige fabric background of sampler. At top in rows of letters in various colours including red, blue, pink, green, and yellow with some shading. There are borders above and below the letters. Below the letters are motifs with trees, flowers, and birds. The motifs are in red, blue, pink, green, and yellow with some shading. A dark brown border with triangular shapes along the edge surrounds the sampler. A piece of paper with some handwritten numbers is stuck to the top of the frame.