Phoebe Wright

Benjamin was to receive the major items which were a steel grate, her bed, some mahogany chairs and a table.

[1] The first known reference to her embroidery concerns a comment made about Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland who was present at the celebrations for the Prince of Wales's birthday.

The correspondent Mary Pendarves (became Delany) wrote to her sister on 29 November 1742 in which she notes that Lady Caroline Lenox (later Baroness Holland) wore the finest clothes of "gold and colours on white, embroidered by Mrs Wright".

[1] Two years later she is noted in a trade dictionary among a group of designers of woven silk; she is known for the "correctness and elegancy of her drawing and her colouring".

The embroidery designs are credited to Phoebe Wright but the headboard in particular was embroidered by her niece Nancy Pawsey, as her needlework was thought to be the best.