Sampler, Sally Brierley, (American), Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and counted satin stitches on plain weave foundation, A verse and inscription with a church below are flanked by motifs symmetrically arranged: fruit trees, roses, urns with flowering plants. Surrounded on four sides with a delicate strawberry vine border., The verse reads:, Could we with Ink the Ocean fill, Were the whole earth of parchment made, Were every single stick a Quill, And every man a scribe by trade, To write the Love of GOD above, Would drain the Ocean dry

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