Not currently on display at the V&A

Sampler

07/1824 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Sampler of wool embroidered in cross-stitch with green and pink silks, showing the alphabet, numerals, a religious poem and the embroiderer's identity and date of production, all within a zig-zag border with crowns at the top and bottom and hears at each corner.


Object details

Categories
Embroidery
Children & Childhood
Household Objects
Object type
Sampler
Materials and techniques
Wool embroidered with silk
Wool
Silk
Embroidering
Brief description
embroidered, 1824, English; Pink and green silks on wool, Elizabeth Rolfe
Physical description
Sampler of wool embroidered in cross-stitch with green and pink silks, showing the alphabet, numerals, a religious poem and the embroiderer's identity and date of production, all within a zig-zag border with crowns at the top and bottom and hears at each corner.
Dimensions
  • Length: 32.8cm
  • Width: 31.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (First line of inscription)
  • RSTUVWXYZ123456781 (Second line of inscription)
  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456781 (Third line of inscription)
  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456781 (Fourth line of inscription)
  • abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 (Fifth line of inscription)
  • Grant me, great GOD, a heart to thee inclin'd, Increase my faith, and rectify my mind; Teach me betimes to tread thy sacred ways, And to thy service consecrate my days. Still as through life's perplexing maze I stray, Be thou the guiding star to mark my way, Conduct the steps of my unguarded youth, And point their motions to the paths of truth, To gain thy favour be my first great end, And to that scope may ev'ry action tend. (Taken from A Birth-day Odeby Elizabeth Carter (1717-1806))
  • Elizabeth Rolfe July 1824 (Identity of embroiderer and date of production)
Subjects depicted
Crowns
Hearts
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
CIRC.46-1922

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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