Not currently on display at the V&A

Sampler

1814 (made)
Place of origin
England (made)

sampler of linen embroidered with coloured wools, showing a house, scrolling vines, flowers and birds, with a central inscribed poem in blue


Object details

Categories
Embroidery
Household Objects
Object type
Sampler
Materials and techniques
linen embroidered with wool
Linen (Material)
Wool
Embroidering
Brief description
linen embroidered with wool, 1814, English; Signed
Physical description
sampler of linen embroidered with coloured wools, showing a house, scrolling vines, flowers and birds, with a central inscribed poem in blue
Marks and inscriptions
  • Health Health Seems a Cherub Most Divinely bright More soft than Air, More gay than Morning Light Hail, blooming Goddess, thou Propitious power Whose blessings Mortals next to Life implore Such Graces in your Heavenly Eyes Appear That Cottages Are Courts when you Are there.
  • 1814
  • M Fennah
  • July 28
  • Transliteration
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Subjects depicted
Houses
Trees
Bird
Flowers
Vines
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.53-1934

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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