Fashion — 1832
Sampler
Woollen canvas worked in polychrome silks in cross stitch with key pattern border, rows of pattern alternately worked with the alphabet and numerals, stylised trees, peacocks. Inscription: "Mary Spencer December 31st 1832". Embroidered with the following verse: "Give to the father praise/Give glory to the Son/And to the Spirit of his Grace/Be equal hono[u]r done". The Doxology in short metre by Isaac Watts (published 1709). Four sides hemmed, backed by an open-weave cotton. Condition: moth eaten, dye from dark green silk has run.
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- Z911
- Object name:
- sampler
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Spencer, Mary
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- Production date:
- 1832
- Material:
wool, cotton, silk
- Measurements/duration:
- L 322 mm, W 200 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 40%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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