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Description: | linen canvas, embroidered cross-stitch in black silk; verse, alphabets, numerals and flowers, square of canvas; one selvedge with 2 blue threads, other edges hemmed; border all round of fancy vandykes; in bands from top: upper case alphabet with "FIRST" at end of line; row of stylised flowers; lower case alphabet with "idle not your time" at end of line; row of stylised flowers of another pattern; upper case alphabet, the letters of hollow squares with "SPANISH" at end of line; 2 lines of curves forming undulation; Italic upper case alphabet in 2 lines, "God is Love; zig-zag line; numerals 1 to 12, 1838"; "Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand // As the first effort of an infants hand // And as her fingers on the sampler move // Engage her tender heart to seek thy love // With thy dear children may she have a part // And write thy name thyself upon her heart"; Emma Mathilda Provis // Born on the first of January 1830 // Aged nine years",
Accession number: NCM 1973-32 | Subjects: | needlework | Temporal: | 1838-1839 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Nottingham | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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