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Description: | verse, embroidered, Mary Turnbull aged 14
date mark, embroidered, 1850
initials, embroidered, IY
19th century (1850)
Single thread linen ground embroidered with multi-coloured wool thread in cross stitch and eyelet stitch. Narrow borders around the edges and separating into two parts with eight rows at the top. Upper part; alphabet in upper and lower case, numbers 1-12, initials, name and age of maker. Lower part; flower pot, tulip, rose bush, figures of a man and a woman, a dog, a stag, a house, the date and initials.
MT SAT RT SAT [.]T
IT ET WT MH WH IH
WS MS IS MS WT ET IY
Mary Turnbull Aged 14
1850 IY
19cm x 29cm
English
Tyne & Wear Museums
Information taken from: Bates, A. (2008) 'Samplers: from the Museum Collections of North East England' for North East Regional Museums Hub.
Part: whole, Aspect: construction, Description: embroidery
Part: thread, Aspect: type, Description: wool
Part: mounting, Aspect: type, Description: unframed
Part: stitch, Aspect: type, Description: cross stitch & eyelet stitch
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: alphabet
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: architecture & house
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: animal & dog & goat
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: numbers
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: floral & rose bush & tulip
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: fruit & strawberry
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: floral & plant
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: border
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: figure & male & female
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: verse
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: initials
Part: surface treatment, Aspect: subject, Description: date
Material: textile, linen
Part: ground, Material: textile, linen (coarse)
Colour: multi-coloured
Part: thread, Colour: blue
Part: thread, Colour: brown
Part: thread, Colour: green
Part: thread, Colour: red | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.costume&textiles.265163 | Go to resource |
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