Not currently on display at the V&A

Sampler

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)
Wales (made)

Square-shaped sampler of fine muslin embroidered with inscriptions in black and red silks within a zig-zag border


Object details

Categories
Embroidery
Household Objects
Children & Childhood
Textiles
Object type
Sampler
Materials and techniques
Muslin embroidered with silk
Muslin
Silk
Embroidering
Brief description
embroidered, 1820c, English; Red and black silk on fine muslin, verses
Physical description
Square-shaped sampler of fine muslin embroidered with inscriptions in black and red silks within a zig-zag border
Dimensions
  • Width: 12.4cm
  • Length: 12.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • PRSVRYPRFCTMN VRKPTHSPRCPTSTN
  • By adding one vowel The above makes two lines in verse
  • Found written over the Altar Piece of a church in Waleswhere it remain'd nearly a Century before the meaning was discovered
  • I will meditate upon thy precepts and have respect unto thy ways I will delight myself in thy statutes I will not forget thy word
  • Transliteration
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Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.51-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O355548/sampler-unknown/
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