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Sampler
CANVAS, embroidered with coloured cottons in cross and satin stitches. Seven horizontal rows, separated by narrow bands of ornament, containing alphabets in capital and small letters, numerals to 5 and 10, a text and the date. There is a narrow zig-zag 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
36.351.26
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Height
(cm): 21
Width
(cm): 25
Techniques
hand embroidered
embroidery
Material
canvas
cotton (spun and twisted)
Location
In store
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