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Description: | Artist: Laysell, Sophia, maker; Date(s): 1833; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch; Acquisition: given by Hope, St John, Lady, 1939-05-30, Given by Lady St John Hope [T.12-1939]
Description: Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. a strawberry border frames the main body of the sampler which comprises five horizontal bands. These contain an alphabet, numerals, a border design, an inscription, the name and date 'Sophia Laysell 1833', a symmetrical arrangement of detached motifs, a lion and a unicorn, a debased version of the Royal arms, angels holding a crown and a wreath, flower and fruit baskets, a swan, stars, the Temptation of Adam and eve, and the inscription 'Naked As From The earth We came/ and Crept To Life At first/ We To The Earth return Again/ and Mingle With Jus Dust/ This Sampler Was worked By Sophia Laysell In The Year Of Our Lord 1833. In The Year Of her Age'. | 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: | embroidery sampler Laysell, Sophia | Temporal: | name=19th century; start=1833; end=1833 | 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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