Collections Online
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Advanced Search
Sampler
WOOLLEN CANVAS, embroidered with coloured silks in cross and satin Stitches. Various floral, bird, butterfly, fleur-de-lis and crown designs symmetrically arranged. In the middle is a verse. Below, within a garland, is the inscription: “Mary Ann Heydon / Workd. this in the 13th year / of her age. 1821." There is a narrow border.
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
36.351.18
Creation/Production
Heydon, Mary Ann
Date: 1821
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Height
(cm): 43
Width
(cm): 33
Techniques
hand embroidered
embroidery
Material
canvas (wool)
silk (spun and twisted)
Location
In store
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.