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Sampler

Sampler

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    1806 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Roy, Charlotte, born 1796 (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Wool, embroidered with silk in cross stitch

  • Museum number:

    590-1894

  • Gallery location:

    In store

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The earliest samplers were reference works for embroiderers. They showed 'samples' of patterns and stitches and recorded how to achieve particular effects. In Europe in the 17th century samplers provided instruction and practice for girls learning needlework. Here Charlotte Roy, aged ten years, has chosen Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge as the centrepiece for her design.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

1806 (made)

Artist/maker

Roy, Charlotte, born 1796 (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Wool, embroidered with silk in cross stitch

Marks and inscriptions

'Charlotte Roy her / Work in the 10th / Year of her age 1806'

Dimensions

Height: 50.8 cm, Width: 33 cm

Descriptive line

Wool sampler by Charlotte Roy, embroidered with silk; English; dated 1806.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Browne, Clare and Jennifer Wearden, eds. Samplers from the Victoria and Albert Museum. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 1851773096.
There is an almost identical sampler in the collection of the Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia, Adelaide, worked by Charlotte Derrick in the 13th year of her age, 1827.
Could Charlotte Roy, who would have been about 18 years old when Charlotte Derrick was born, be mother and daughter? And could this explain why the two samplers are almost identical although worked 21 years apart?
C. Derrick married John Boyd and then emigrated to South Australia after 1836.

Materials

Silk; Wool

Techniques

Embroidering

Subjects depicted

Trees; Butterflies; Stag; Crowns

Categories

Household objects; Embroidery

Collection code

T&D

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