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Description: | Artist: Brooks Mary, maker; Date(s): 1792; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Woollen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin and stem stitch. the edges are bound with pink ribbon, the whole sampler is backed with cotton sateen which is all of later date.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, Bequeathed by Mrs H.A. Longman [T.42-1938]
Description: Bordered sampler worked in polychrome silks and edged with a pink ribbon. The sampler depicts an inscription which is a transcription of Song 20 from Dr Isaac Watts' 'Divine and Moral Songs for Children', a pastoral scene and a strawberry border. | 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: | Brooks Mary embroidery sampler | Temporal: | name=late 18th century; start=1792; end=1792 | 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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