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Description: | Bristol Orphanage sampler.
Red cotton on white cotton, the sides hemmed, top and bottom edges turned under twice and backstitched.
Cross, four-sided stitches.
Seventeen rows of lettering: 'A-Z' eleven times in different scripts; 'a-z' nine times; '1-9 0' seven times; 'I-X I-XCDM'; 'AF MJ'; line of rosettes with Bible in centre; six rows containing eighteen continous patterns; six rows of patterns each side of signature; across bottom, a row of spandrels; small motifs: flower vases, dogs, bird, crowns.
Signed and dated at bottom centre. | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Creator: | Mary Jeffries | Identifier: | emu.mshed.ecatalogue.appliedart.130529 | Go to resource |
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