Casgliadau Arlein

Woolen canvas, embroidered with coloured silks in eyelet and cross stitches. Divided horizontally by narrow bands of ornament into three compartments which contain the Lord's Prayer and the following inscriptions: " Thomas Slater Borne Iune 1666 / Abigail Slater Borne April 1673 / Elizabeth Slater Borne Sept 20 1700 / Susan Slater Borne August 16 1707 / Mary Slater Borne Feb ye 8 1702 / Elizabeth Slater Borne Feb 2 1704 / Abigail Slater Borne Nob 1 1706 / Thomas Slater Borne Iune 23 1708 ". " SUSAN SLATER MADE THIS SAMPLER AND / FINISHED IT NOVEMBERTHE 24 DAY 1709 / … Deare Parents I Address My Self To You / … Humble Thankfulness For All Your Cost And Care On / … The Means of Learning Unto Me Allowed" followed by numerals To 30. (Inscription partly illegible.) There is a narrow floral border. From Cardiff.

Source: Guide to the Collection of Samplers & Embroideries (Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1939) by F.G. Payne.