Sampler
1803 (made)
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Sampler of brown linen embroidered with coloured silks in pattern darning and cross-stitches. In the centre is an inscription in a square marked out by squares of pattern darning at the corners, two in brown and two in yellow. In each corner and in the centre of each side is a cross-shape worked in pattern darning. Backed with linen.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered linen with coloured silks, backed with linen |
| Brief description | Sampler of linen embroidered with coloured silks, embroidered by Lydia Hammond, England, dated 1803 |
| Physical description | Sampler of brown linen embroidered with coloured silks in pattern darning and cross-stitches. In the centre is an inscription in a square marked out by squares of pattern darning at the corners, two in brown and two in yellow. In each corner and in the centre of each side is a cross-shape worked in pattern darning. Backed with linen. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lydia Hammond Bocking 1803 (Inscribed in the centre) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Gertrude E. Baker |
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| Accession number | T.47-1962 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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