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Maker: Roberts, Sarah
Cotton sampler lined with cotton and embroidered with red and blue cotton thread in cross-stitch. The sampler is made to resemble a bag and both sides are embroidered with detached motifs, flowerpots, sprays, buildings with perched birds, hearts and crowns, in a balanced arrangement either side of a windmill and flowering plant on the back and a flowerpot and flowering plant on the front. On the centre front there is a wreath enclosing the inscription, which reads 'Sarah/Roberts/1845'.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 19.75 cm
Length: 7.7/8 in
Width: 18 cm
Width: 7 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century, Mid#
Production date:
AD 1845
: Queen Victoria
lining coarse calico
Cotton
red and blue
Cotton thread
unbleached calico
Cotton
Weaving
: Cotton motif sampler lined with cotton and embroidered with red and blue cotton thread in cross-stitch.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.68-1938
Primary reference Number: 110799
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/110799 Accessed: 2024-12-22 22:19:42
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