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Maker: Evans, Elizabeth
Bordered sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole, hem and four-sided stitch. A border formed by three lines of cross-stitch frames the main body of the sampler which comprises nine horizontal bands. The bands include alphabets, numerals, crowns and coronets, star motifs, a fruit basket, a bird, a peacock, a star a tree, the name and date 'Elizabeth Evans 183?' and the inscription 'Rejoice O Young man in thy youth/And let thy heart cheer thee in the days/ of thy youth and walk in the ways of/thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes/But know thou that all these things/God will bring thee into judgement'.
History note: Purchased from Mr. Lawrence of Wandsworth 1899'.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 32.7 cm
Length: 12.7/8 in
Width: 30.1 cm
Width: 11.7/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century
1830
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1839
Weaving
: Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole, hem and four-sided stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.61-1938
Primary reference Number: 110792
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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