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Linen sampler with woollen embroidery. Made by Catherine Williams while a pupil at Llanddeiniolen School, north-west Wales. Date unknown.
Embroidery sampler: wool cross stitch on cotton canvas; birds, hearts and stylised floral motifs, blue and red border of stylised flowers. Text: 'Catherine Williams her Work Aged 10 Llanddeiniolen School' in red wool. Upper, lower and right side edges: stitched turnback, left edge: unfinished; tabby weave of canvas ground fabric: warps and wefts pushed together in pairs, resulting in large and small interstices
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
38.811
Acquisition
Purchase
Measurements
Height (mm): 345
Width (mm): 420
Techniques
weaving
tabby
weaving
embroidery
cross stitch
embroidery
Material
wool (fabric)
canvas (cotton)
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Samplers
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