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Quaker Medallion Sampler
Maker:
Jones, Ann
Jones, Deborah
Linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross stitch
History note: Nigel Butler
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Length: 32 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2014-11-24) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
dated
AD 1787
This is the earliest (by three years) dated sampler of its type, worked eight years after the foundation of Ackworth school. Archival evidence in the Ackworth archives, Friends House and the Lincolnshire Records office provides an unusually detailed family history/provenance for the object. The Fitzwilliam already has one small Ackworth darning sampler and a monochrome Quaker (not Ackworth) medallion sampler. This dated polychrome work is therefore a really important and attractive addition to the collection. The initials 'DJ' stand for Deborah Jones, the mother of Ann Jones.
Accession number: T.1-2014
Primary reference Number: 200917
Entry form number: 270
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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