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Sampler
CANVAS, unbleached, embroidered with green silk in cross stitch. Seven horizontal rows, separated by stripes and narrow bands of ornament, containing the letters of the alphabet, each letter in duplicate, numerals to 19 and the name: "MARY PARNHAM."
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
20.254.47
Creation/Production
Parnham, Mary
Date: 19th century (mid)
Acquisition
Purchase
Measurements
Height
(cm): 21
Width
(cm): 23
Techniques
hand embroidered
embroidery
Material
canvas
silk (spun and twisted)
Location
In store
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