Little is known of the history of French needlework, especially that which was made by amateurs. What is identified is often from work produced for the king or the church, which was inextricably tied to the sovereign through the end of the Bourbon monarchy. There is documentary evidence of an embroidery guild, and many embroiderers worked for the nobility in France. Much needlework was created for furnishings and costumes related to the royal family. Unfortunately, there is little documentation concerning the schools for girls that were probably teaching the art of embroidery and beadwork in France, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries. In the 17th century, Ursuline nuns established a school in Quebec where they taught embroidery to American Indian girls. As a result, French style greatly influenced the embroidery and beadwork designs of American Indians in the Woodlands and Great Lakes regions. Presumably, this tradition of schooling young girls in embroidery came from the Continent. This beadwork presents the facade of a large building. There is a butterfly in the top left corner above the roof of the building, and various geometric patterns appear on the vertical edges, with a centrally placed cross amid the designs. The date and the place where this picture was made are beaded at the top, and the maker added her name at the bottom. This signifies that the picture was probably created by an amateur; professionals were less apt to sign their needlework. The entire image is beaded in minuscule glass seed beads, including the background in transparent colorless beads, and the sky is exceptionally rendered in a variety of opaque colored beads. The delicacy of the design and the skill required to work with such small beads make this an outstanding example of 18th-century French needlework.