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Sampler
WOOLLEN CANVAS, embroidered with coloured silks in cross and back stitches. A map of the British Isles, with the title worked in the top left hand corner, and the Shetland Isles within a compartment in the top right hand corner.
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
36.351.14
Creation/Production
Period: 1800 (circa)
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Height
(mm): 480
Width
(mm): 400
Depth
(mm): 47
Techniques
Hand embroidered
Embroidery
Material
Canvas (wool)
Silk (spun and twisted)
Location
In store
Classification
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