English border sampler, by Ann Calton

An image of Embroidery sampler/Border sampler. Calton, Ann. A border of alternating fleur de lys and stylized roses surrounds the main body of the sampler; a carnation is placed in each corner. The corners of the main body have a cherub at the top flower vases at the bottom. The main decoration is a large inscription which reads ' CHARITY/O Charity! / Thou principle of great Souls!/how glorious are thy/Works!/Thou createst a new World/in the /Moral and physical order./ Thou preventest a Deluge of/Indigence!/ thou Preventest a deluge of/Vice!/Thou throwest an immortal/ Guard round Virgin/Purity!/Thou recallest not the/Dead/ but thou givest Life and health/to the/Diseased/and the/ expiring/Ann Calton Royal Free Mason's School'. Embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. Both top and bottom are hemmed; the sides are raw and damaged. Length 56 cm, width 38.5 cm, after 1801 to before 1900. English.

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Embroidery sampler/Border sampler. Calton, Ann. A border of alternating fleur de lys and stylized roses surrounds the main body of the sampler; a carnation is placed in each corner. The corners of the main body have a cherub at the top flower vases at the bottom. The main decoration is a large inscription which reads ' CHARITY/O Charity! / Thou principle of great Souls!/how glorious are thy/Works!/Thou createst a new World/in the /Moral and physical order./ Thou preventest a Deluge of/Indigence!/ thou Preventest a deluge of/Vice!/Thou throwest an immortal/ Guard round Virgin/Purity!/Thou recallest not the/Dead/ but thou givest Life and health/to the/Diseased/and the/ expiring/Ann Calton Royal Free Mason's School'. Embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. Both top and bottom are hemmed; the sides are raw and damaged. Length 56 cm, width 38.5 cm, after 1801 to before 1900. English.

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Accession Number: T.13-1939
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 782 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 805.51kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2013:06:11 10:12:51

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19th Century Ann Calton border sampler bordered sampler carnations Caryophyllaceae charity cherubs cross stitch Dianthus embroidered embroidery English Fitz_AA fleur-de-lis fleur-de-lys fleurs floral flower pot flowers Georgian hemmed inscribed inscriptions needle needlework needleworking poets polychrome red roses sampler satin stitch selvedge sewing sewn silk stitched stitches stitching textile thread verses

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