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Sampler
Elizabeth Hooper
(embroiderer)
LINEN, embroidered with coloured silks in cross and satin stitches. Various tree, flowering plant, bird, crown and animal designs, mostly in pairs symmetrically arranged. Inscribed: “ELIZABETH HOOPER / MARCH 9TH 1743.” There is a narrow border of lozenge pattern. Bought in Cardiff. 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
38.852.1
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Elizabeth Hooper
Association Type:
Place: Cardiff
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Purchase, 1938
Measurements
Height
(cm): 37
Width
(cm): 25
Material
Canvas (linen)
Silk (spun and twisted)
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