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Embroidery, sample
LINEN CANVAS, embroidered with coloured silks in tent and cross stitches and French knots. At the top there is a parrot perched on a vine between bunches of grapes. Below there is a large vase filled with roses, cornflowers and other flowers. Part of a curtain.About 1660. From Sant-y-Nyll, Glamorganshire.
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
64.640
Measurements
Length
(cm): 86
Width
(cm): 51
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