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Maker: Bates, Elizabeth
Border sampler, woollen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, stem, darning and herringbone stitch. The sampler features a strawberry border, repeat border and all over patterns, detached motifs, a verse, an inscription and a pictorial panel.
Border sampler, woollen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, stem, darning and herringbone stitch. There is a selvedge on both sides; the top, which was originally turned under, is damaged and the bottom has been cut. A border of strawberries frames the main body of the sampler on three sides. The upper part is composed of repeat bored and all over patterns, detached motifs, including a fruit tree and two dogs, a verse and the inscription 'Elizabeth Bates Aged 10 Years 1801'. The verse reads ' Tell me ye knowing and discerning/ Where I may find a Friend both firm and true/ Who dares stand by me when in deep DiStreSs/ And then his Love and FriendShip moSt expreSs'. The remainder of the sampler includes a pictorial panel of a female figure in late 18th century costume, detached motifs, a flower and fruit band, a stepped, stylized hill with symmetrically arranged trees, animals and birds.
Lady St John Hope Bequest
Length: 49 cm
Width: 32 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1939-05-30) by Hope, St John, Lady
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1801
: George III
Weaving
: Border sampler, woollen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, stem, darning and herringbone stitch. There is a selvedge on both sides; the top, which was originally turned under, is damaged and the bottom has been cut
Embroidering
Accession number: T.11-1939
Primary reference Number: 110875
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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