IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110716 accession number: T.170-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Woollen bordered sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. There is a double blue line selvedge on both sides; the top and bottom are hemmed and the entire sampler is mounted on a supporting cotton backing. A strawberry repeating border pattern surrounds the sampler. The main body is arranged in four horizontal sections. The first contains detached flowerpots, fruit baskets and crowns arranged symmetrically on either side of a bird on a tree. The second section contains a panel with a Greek key border flanked by trees containing the verse ' Fragrant the Rose is but it Fade in Time/ The Violet sweet but quickly past the Prime/ White Lilies hang their Head and soon decay/ And Whiter Snow in Minutes melts away/ Such and so Withring are our early (J)oys/Which Time or Sickness (S)peedily destroys'. The third section depicts the Temptation of Adam and Eve, an angel and a fig tree. The final section depicts a balanced arrangement of detached trees, stags, flowerpots, sprays, squirrels and butterflies. Beneath these the inscription 'Harriot Plastin Her Work Aged 10 years 1814' is worked. object type: Bordered sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. The sampler is divided into four sections and surrounded by a repeating strawberry border; it features detached motifs, inscriptions and the Temptation of Adam and Eve. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110716 TECHNIQUES ---------- Woollen border sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. There is a double blue line selvedge on both sides; the top and bottom are hemmed and the entire sampler is mounted on a supporting cotton backing. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- mounting TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1814 - 1814 creation date earliest: 1814 creation date latest: 1814 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Plastin, Harriot DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 42.5 dimension: Length units: in value: 15 dimension: Width units: cm value: 32 dimension: Width units: in value: 13.3/4 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam The Oxford Book of Local Verses, Chosen by John Holloway ---