Mary Wills 1750 ~ Reproduction Sampler Pattern by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Needlepoint 75″ x 18

75″ x 18

2916 x 2  / 3328 x 2 ~ Salmon – dark

Exquisite gold handle embroidery scissors from Bohin are very sharp with nice points and are suitable for the finest handwork

40ct – 23” x 25”

2915 x 1 / 3712 x 1 / 494 x 1 ~ Salmon ~ medium

Mary Wills 1750 ~ Reproduction Sampler Pattern by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Needlepoint 75″ x 18It is always a thrill to discover a Quaker band sampler and particularly so when the young girl who created the sampler can be identified. Between the linen and the backing board of the framed sampler there had been recorded a name and an address Waterfall, Gore House, Bradpole and that Mary Wills was the daughter of Mary Wilson and John Wills and the year 1738. We had a puzzle to be solved, i. e. what linked the two pieces of information? We have