IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110876 accession number: T.12-1939 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 strawberry border frames the main body of the sampler which comprises five horizontal bands. These contain an alphabet, numerals, a border design, an inscription, the name and date 'Sophia Laysell 1833', a symmetrical arrangement of detached motifs, a lion and a unicorn, a debased version of the Royal arms, angels holding a crown and a wreath, flower and fruit baskets, a swan, stars, the Temptation of Adam and eve, and the inscription 'Naked As From The earth We came/ and Crept To Life At first/ We To The Earth return Again/ and Mingle With Jus Dust/ This Sampler Was worked By Sophia Laysell In The Year Of Our Lord 1833. In The Year Of her Age'. title: sampler 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/110876 TECHNIQUES ---------- Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1833 - 1833 creation date earliest: 1833 creation date latest: 1833 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Laysell, Sophia