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Maker: Catchpole, Emily
Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch. A strawberry and leaf border frames the main body of the sampler which comprises of evenly and symmetrically distributed detached motifs. These include a bird, a flowering plant in a pot, a house, a flowering tree, fruit baskets, birds, a bird on a pillar, clipped bushes, flowers, flowering trees and peacocks. The inscription reads 'Emily Catchpole 1824'.
Lady St John Hope Bequest
Length: 27.3 cm
Length: 10.3/4 in
Width: 26.6 cm
Width: 10.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1952-10-23) by Hope, St John, Lady
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1824
: George IV
blue, brown, green, yellow, red
Silk
Wool
Weaving
: Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.14-1952
Primary reference Number: 110913
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/110913 Accessed: 2024-12-18 15:08:11
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