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Description: | cream wool tammy cloth embroidered in coloured wool cross-stitch with floral motifs and Nottingham Castle; signed and dated "Mary Ann Brown 1833", rectangular; 2 sides with selvedges each with 2 blue stripes; 2 sides raw; border all round of three-sided crenellation in olive-green with carnations in russet, red and pink, olive-green leaves and calyxes; from top: figure-of-eight band in russet, italic alphabet A to Q in grey; grey zig-zag line with orange and white lozenges on spikes above, grey and white lozenges on spikes below; alphabet R to Z in grey, numerals 1 to 11 in red; sloped crenellation in green with 3 crosses on horizontal and red and pink band on horizontal stem from angles; inside green three-quarter frame: “The loss of gold is much // The loss of time is more // The loss of Christ is such // As nothing can restore” in blue, on each side cream bird perched on plant with red flowers, green stems and leaves, pecking at red berries on green stems,; “1833 Mary Ann Brown aged 9 Years” in red ; in centre cottage in brown, green trees behind, lawn and path in front, white silk windows and building to one side, “A Cottage” in black between eagles in brown and blue, perched on green rocks, “Eagle” below each; view of west front of Nottingham Castle with 3 rows of windows,equestrian statue and steps, green grass, carnations as in border and 2 cream four petalled flowers in green grass each side; border of cream scrolls each side of “Nottingham Castle” in blue
mounted over linen and nailed with steel tacks on piece of pine board, back of board with pasted on brown paper
N.B. the statue and steps on the west front view of Nottingham Castle have been transferred from the east front; and this occurs on every sampler of Nottingham Castle in the Costume & Textiles collection,
Accession number: NCMG 2006-235 | Subjects: | needlework | Temporal: | 1833 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Nottingham | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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