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Description: | Artist: Roberts, Sarah, maker; Date(s): 1845; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Cotton motif sampler lined with cotton and embroidered with red and blue cotton thread in cross-stitch.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, 1938, Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest [T.68-1938]
Description: Cotton sampler lined with cotton and embroidered with red and blue cotton thread in cross-stitch. The sampler is made to resemble a bag and both sides are embroidered with detached motifs, flowerpots, sprays, buildings with perched birds, hearts and crowns, in a balanced arrangement either side of a windmill and flowering plant on the back and a flowerpot and flowering plant on the front. On the centre front there is a wreath enclosing the inscription, which reads 'Sarah/Roberts/1845'. | 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: | Roberts, Sarah embroidery sampler | Temporal: | name=mid 19th century; start=1845; end=1845 | 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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