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Description: | Artist: Woods, Sarah, maker; Date(s): 1776; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Band sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928-12-07, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [T.162-1928]
Description: Band sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch. The sampler comprises 16 horizontal bands which include alphabets, numerals, crowns, coronets, repeat border patterns, the name and date 'Sarah Woods 12 November 1776' and the inscription 'If you desire to worship/God a right first in the/ morning pray and last at night'. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Woods, Sarah embroidery sampler | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1776; end=1776 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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