IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110877
accession number:	T.13-1939

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 20 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch.  Both top and bottom are hemmed; the sides are raw and damaged.  A border of alternating fleur de lys and stylized roses surrounds the main body of the sampler; a carnation is placed in each corner.  The corners of the main body have a cherub at the top flower vases at the bottom. The main decoration is a large inscription which reads ' CHARITY/O Charity! / Thou principle of great Souls!/how glorious are thy/Works!/Thou createst a new World/in the /Moral and physical order./ Thou preventest a Deluge of/Indigence!/ thou Preventest a deluge of/Vice!/Thou throwest an immortal/ Guard round Virgin/Purity!/Thou recallest not the/Dead/ but thou givest Life and health/to the/Diseased/and the/ expiring/Ann Calton Royal Free Mason's School'.
title:	sampler

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Lady St John Hope Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110877





TECHNIQUES
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Woollen border sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch.  Both top and bottom are hemmed; the sides are raw and damaged
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1801 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1801
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Calton, Ann

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 56

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 38.5



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam
CITATIONS
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English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam
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