Not on display

Sampler

ca. 1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Sampler of linen embroidered with orange, blue and green silks, showing a verse within a border of scrolling flowers

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Children & Childhood
Christianity
Embroidery
Household Objects
Object type
Sampler
Materials and techniques
Linen embroidered with silk
Linen (Material)
Silk
Embroidering
Brief description
embroidered, 1830c, English; Coloured silks on linen, verse, proverbs
Physical description
Sampler of linen embroidered with orange, blue and green silks, showing a verse within a border of scrolling flowers
Dimensions
  • Width: 26.2cm
  • Length: 22.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Remove far from me vanity and lies give me neither poverty nor riches feed me With food convenient for me lest I be full and deny thee and say Who is the Lord or lest I be poor and steal and take the name of my God in vain (Proverbs 30:8-10)
  • Transliteration
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Subject depicted
Flowers
Literary referenceProverbs 30:8-10
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.135-1926

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O355547/sampler-unknown/
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