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Sampler
Canvas ground embroidered with black and beige silks and red, green and yellow (faded) wools in cross stitch. At the top flanked by formal flowering plants is the verse 'Martha Balment is my name / And with my needle I work the same...' Beneath is a horizontal wavy stem with rose-buds. The bottom half of the sampler has three formal flowering plants and and inscription. Plain black chamfered wood frame. Made by Martha Balment, aged 11, 1848.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
60.377
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Height
(mm): 395
Width
(mm): 395
Depth
(mm): 25
Techniques
embroidery
cross stitch
embroidery
Material
canvas (cotton)
wool (fabric)
wood
Location
In store
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