Artist: Unknown; Date(s): after 1601 - before 1701; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Linen whitework sampler worked in hemstitch, needle point lace filling stitches and some raised and detached work. The two horizontal bands of needle point lace are set in separate strips of linen, the bottom one is hemmed the other three have selvedge edges.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, 1938, Mrs H.A Longman Bequest [T.3-1938]
Description: Sampler, whitework, with needle point lace filling stitches and some raised and detached work depicting Abraham, Sarah, and the Temptation of Adam and Eve.