Not currently on display at the V&A

Sampler

03/03/1826 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sampler of wool embroidered with green, pink, brown and blue silks showing floral motifs, a Biblical quote and the identity of the embroiderer.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wool embroidered with silk
Brief description
embroidered sampler, 1826, English; Coloured silks on wool, Mary Flicker
Physical description
Sampler of wool embroidered with green, pink, brown and blue silks showing floral motifs, a Biblical quote and the identity of the embroiderer.
Dimensions
  • Length: 33cm
  • Width: 30cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them (Ecclesiastes 12:1)
  • Mary Flicker March 3: 1826 Aged 10 years (Identity of the embroiderer)
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceEcclesiastes 12:1
Collection
Accession number
1980-1899

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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