IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110873 accession number: T.9-1939 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 20 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. A flower and bud border frames the main body of the sampler, which is mostly taken up by an inscription. This reads 'Jesus my blood and righteousness/ My beauty are my glorious dress/Midst flaming worlds in these arrayd/ With joy shall I lift up my head/ When from the dust of earth I rise/ To claim my mansion in the skies/ even then shall this be all my plea/ Jesus that lived and died for me/ And now my soul another year/ of thy short life is past/I cannot long continue here/ And this may be my last/ Another six days work is done/ another Sabbath is begun/ return my soul enjoy thy rest/ improve the day thy God has Blessd'. Below this sits a symmetrical arrangement of motifs centred around a crown, a vase of flowers and a fruit basket. To the left and right birds, crowns, a flowering plant, hearts and stags are worked. object type: Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. A flower and bud border frames the main body of the sampler, which includes a religiuos verse and detached motifs. title: sampler NOTES ----- type: history note value: Baltimore, USA LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Lady St John Hope STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110873 TECHNIQUES ---------- Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1801 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1801 creation date latest: 1900 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown