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Artist/Maker	Jane Bailey (embroiderer)
Place of origin	England (made)

Sampler of embroidered woollen canvas with coloured silks in cross stitch, tent stitch and Algerian eye stitch. At the top is a row of flower and tree motifs with a verse about woman's virtues. The rest of the sampler is filled with numerous motifs of different sizes arranged around the Tree of Knowledge, with Adam and Eve and the Serpent. Inscribed at the bottom with 'Jane Bailey her work, January 27th, 1830'. Continuous border all round of pink flowers and buds united by a wavy dark green line. Backed with yellow crêpe.

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Categories	Textiles Interiors Embroidery
Object type	Sampler
Materials and techniques	Embroidered woollen canvas with coloured silks, backed with crêpe Canvas Silk Crepe
Brief description	Sampler of embroidered woollen canvas with coloured silks, embroidered by Jane Bailey, England, 1830
Physical description	Sampler of embroidered woollen canvas with coloured silks in cross stitch, tent stitch and Algerian eye stitch. At the top is a row of flower and tree motifs with a verse about woman's virtues. The rest of the sampler is filled with numerous motifs of different sizes arranged around the Tree of Knowledge, with Adam and Eve and the Serpent. Inscribed at the bottom with 'Jane Bailey her work, January 27th, 1830'. Continuous border all round of pink flowers and buds united by a wavy dark green line. Backed with yellow crêpe.
Dimensions	Width: 12.5in Length: 14.625in
Marks and inscriptions	Seek to be good but aim not to be great, A womans noble station is retreat, Her fairest virtues fly from public sight, Domestic worth still shuns too strong a light. Jane Bailey her work / January 27th. 1830. Transliteration .
Credit line	Given by Miss M. C. Sparrow, from the collection of Miss Marjory Bine Renshaw
Subjects depicted	Angels Birds Flowers Tree Apples Fruit Buildings Dogs Baskets Vases Peacocks Serpents Butterflies Crowns Adam Eve Fall of Man
Place depicted	Garden of Eden
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.321-1960

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O355537/sampler-jane-bailey/

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