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CANVAS, embroidered with coloured wools and silks in cross stitch. In the centre, surrounded by rose, tulip, pansy, pink and other floral, tree, and bird designs is the following Biblical verse in Welsh: "PREGETHWR / Pennod XII Adnod 1. / COFIA yn awr dy creaw- / dwr yn nyddiau dy ieuengctid, / cyn dyfod y dyddiau blin, a nes- / au o'r blynyddoedd yn y rhai / y dywedi, Nid oes i mi ddim / diddanwch ynddynt: ". At the top is the following inscription: "Mrs. Jones Seminary Pontypridd". There is a border of a floral wavy stem. Mid 19th century.
Source: Guide to the Collection of Samplers & Embroideries (Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1939) by F.G. Payne.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
36.446
Measurements
Height
(cm): 85
Width
(cm): 66
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