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WOOLLEN CANVAS, embroidered with black silk in cross and eye stitches. At the top is a rhymed version of the Ten Commandments; at the bottom the text: "Remember thy Creator," etc., and the inscription: "Elizabeth Lea 1768 / in the ninth year of my age". From Llandebie, Carmarthenshire.
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
24.249
Creation/Production
Lea, Elizabeth
Date: 1768
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Height
(cm): 32
Width
(cm): 20
Material
canvas (wool)
silk (spun and twisted)
Location
In store
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