Not currently on display at the V&A

Sampler

ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Square sampler of wool embroidered with blue and green silks, showing the alphabet, numerals, animals, birds, a moral verse and the identity of the embroiderer, all within a looping border


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wool embroidered with silk
Brief description
embroidered, 1825c, English; Coloured silks on wool, Jane Vine
Physical description
Square sampler of wool embroidered with blue and green silks, showing the alphabet, numerals, animals, birds, a moral verse and the identity of the embroiderer, all within a looping border
Dimensions
  • Width: 33cm
  • Length: 34cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ&
  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 / abcdefghijklmnopqrs
  • tuvwxyz&
  • What blessed examples do I find Wrote in the Word of Truth of children that begin to mind Religion in their youth
  • Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth
  • Jane Vine her sampler finished March 1. Aged 11 Years
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.568-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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