A RARE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, MARY ANN GODFREY, PROBABLY FITZWILLIAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, DATED 1817

worked in gauze linen with silk stitches and French knots, with painted paper face; with a basket of flowers, sheep, and woman standing under tree.

Amy Finkel, M. Finkel and Daughter, Philadelphia, 2002

Some discoloration and foxing on gauze ground. One lamb paper body and some letters gone; some stitches missing.
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For comparison, see Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroidery, Volume I, p. 244, fig. 281, for Betsy Fay's sampler.