- Image reference 2006AP0791
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Sampler
- Place of origin:
England (made)
- Date:
1660 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Mason, Margret (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Linen, embroidered with silk in double running, long-armed cross, Montenegrin cross, two-sided cross, satin, chain and detached buttonhole stitch, with eyelets
- Credit Line:
Given by Janet Harris, Susan Jones and Lynda Smith
- Museum number:
T.182-1987
- Gallery location:
In store
During the 17th century in England, samplers developed from personal reference works for embroiderers, containing trials of patterns and stitches to methods of instruction and practice for girls learning needlework. This example has bands of repeating patterns suitable for the decoration of household linen and clothing, together with alphabets and the maker's name and date, indicating a desire by Margret Mason, who worked it, to mark her achievement.
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