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Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:17

Jane Bostocke's Sampler

Jane Bostocke's sampler is the earliest surviving British example of this type of embroidery. The sampler was worked by Jane Bostocke of Langley (Shropshire, England) and includes the date 1598. The sampler was made to commemorate the birth of her cousin, Alice Lee, two years previously.

Published in Samplers