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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Italy (made)

Silk embroidery on linen in cross and tent stitches. The pattern consists of four detached horizontal rows depicting Adam and Eve, a cowherd and other human figures (male and female), houses, fruit trees, plants in pots, a bowl of flowers, sprigs of roses, animals (stag, squirrel, rabbit, donkey), birds, and a butterfly. At the top are the letters of the alphabet and part of a floral border. The colours are chiefly brown, yellow, green, and blue.

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Category	Embroidery
Object type	Sampler
Materials and techniques	Silk embroidery on linen Silk Thread Linen Embroidered
Brief description	Embroidered silk on linen, with Adam and Eve, animals, and other motifs; Italy; 1800-1850.
Physical description	Silk embroidery on linen in cross and tent stitches. The pattern consists of four detached horizontal rows depicting Adam and Eve, a cowherd and other human figures (male and female), houses, fruit trees, plants in pots, a bowl of flowers, sprigs of roses, animals (stag, squirrel, rabbit, donkey), birds, and a butterfly. At the top are the letters of the alphabet and part of a floral border. The colours are chiefly brown, yellow, green, and blue.
Dimensions	Length: 24in Width: 19.5in
Credit line	Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day
Object history	Registered File no. 9901/1926.
Subjects depicted	Birds Stags Squirrels Butterflies Trees Fruit Flowers Men Women Herdsmen Houses Rabbits Donkey Alphabets Adam Eve
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.226-1929

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O363777/sampler-unknown/

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