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This is a sampler worked by Catherine Palmer of Spratton and was finished 6th August 1856.

The only village called Spratton currently in existence is in Norhamptonshire, so Catherine might well be from there.

The text reads

Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand

As the first effort of an infants hand

And while her fingers on the canvass move

Engage her tender heart to seek thy love

With thy dear children let her have a part

And write thy name thyself upon her heart.