Sampler

The white silk is decorated with embroidery: a wreath of roses and forget-me-nots among flowery boughs, showing the date 1812 in the middle. The initials F L, shaped of flowers, are on the two sides of the wreath. The patterns below are the following: a yellow flower on a bent brown stem, the middle of which is embroidered in knot stitch white narcissus a flower basket with ribbons ears of wheat a brownish rose stem a pink a yellow bird sitting on a branch a small house standing on green landscape brown and blue flowers a horn of plenty a bow and a quiver a tomb a sheaf tied with ribbon and a rake an urn with a wreath with the inscription: Nanette Koestler, small leaves embroidered in metal thread a lute a lamb in a green back-ground a church among houses a black dog and blue vine clusters with green leaves.