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Linen ground embroidered with coloured silks in cross and satin stitches. Stylized wavy line border with strawberries, inner linear border. Large pagoda motif flanked by stylized fir trees with birds, stags, baskets and flowering plants, with verse below, flanked by crown, diamond and lion motifs. Remainder of space at foot filled with row of leaf motifs, row of strawberry and tree motifs and maker's inscription and date. Inscription: Lord when this mortal frame delays And every weekness (sic) dies Complet (sic) the wonders of thy grace And raise me to the skies Sarah Ann Cobern her work age 1809
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
48.172.2
Creation/Production
Cobern, Sarah Ann
Date: 1809
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Height (cm): 41.5
Width (cm): 43
Techniques
embroidery
Material
canvas (linen)
silk (spun and twisted)
Location
In store
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