Not currently on display at the V&A

Sampler

1833 (made)

Sampler of wool embroidered with green, brown, peach and pale blue silks, showing various plant and flower motifs and two religious poems.


Object details

Categories
Embroidery
Children & Childhood
Christianity
Household Objects
Textiles
Object type
Sampler
Materials and techniques
Wool embroidered with silk
Wool
Silk
Embroidering
Brief description
embroidered, 1833, English; Coloured silks on wool, Sophia Starling
Physical description
Sampler of wool embroidered with green, brown, peach and pale blue silks, showing various plant and flower motifs and two religious poems.
Dimensions
  • Length: 34.5cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Come gentle God without thy aid. I sink in dark despair. O wrap me in thy silent shade. For peace is only there.
  • Sophia Starling wrought this samplor in the year 1833
  • Love the Lord and he will be / A tender Father unto thee.
  • Transliteration
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Subjects depicted
Plants
Plants
Trees
Maple
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.114-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O355550/sampler/
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