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Maker: Nealy, E
Bordered sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. A 2 cm wide border of stylized flowers frames the main body of the sampler which comprises six horizontal bands which include a grape vine, fruit trees, a flowering plant, the Spies from Canaan, flowers, a house, butterflies, bushes, a church, parrots, a dog, a farm house with a woman at the gate, a sunflower, fowls, stags, a repeat border pattern of strawberries and the inscription 'E Nealy 1813'.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 52 cm
Length: 20.1/2 in
Width: 31.1 cm
Width: 12.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1813
: George III
Weaving
: Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.54-1938
Primary reference Number: 110785
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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