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Production: Roberts, Sarah
Cotton motif sampler linen with cotton and embroidered with blue and red cotton thread in cross-stitch. The sampler is made in the form of a pocket. The back is plain whilst the front is decorated with a balanced arrangement of detached motifs, flowerpots, sprays, crowns, hearts and two wreaths enclosing the inscriptions, to the left 'Prepare/to meet/thy god' and to the right 'Sarah/Roberts/1844'.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1844
: Queen Victoria
Max Length 26.5 cm Length 10.1/2 in Width 21.5 cm Width 8.3/4 in
ground unbleached calico
Cotton
lining coarse calico
Cotton
red and blue
Cotton thread
Weaving
: Cotton motif sampler linen with cotton and embroidered with blue and red cotton thread in cross-stitch.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.67-1938
Primary reference Number: 110798
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/110798 Accessed: 2024-04-25 15:20:42
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