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WOOLLEN CANVAS, embroidered with coloured silks in cross and satin stitches. Various floral, butterfly, bird, dog and ship designs, mostly arranged in pairs. In the centre within a compartment is the inscription: "Susannah Garden / Finished this Sampler / Sept. 30 1836, / Aged 9 Years." followed by the verse: “O ! how lovely natures flowers, Far more beautiful than ours. But alas they soon decay, Ours will last for many a day." There is a border of a floral wavy stem. (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
39.146
Measurements
Height
(cm): 42
Width
(cm): 33
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