Sampler

Jane Paterson · ca. 1810

Embroidered sampler with a central octagonal enclosing an inscription embroidered in red: Job 14.1 Rev. 21. Top section filled with spot motifs such as trees, birds, flowers, baskets with flowers, geometrical shapes, and initials: JP, AP, HD, AP. Below, other motifs surround the inscription and fill the bottom section: bird perched on a branch, strawberries, cherries, floral sprigs, bowls of flowers, seashells, trees, dog, and a rabbit. Initials are JP, AP, JD. Green curlicue border.