English marking sampler by M.A. Tipper

An image of Embroidery sampler/Marking sampler. Tipper, M. A., Bristol. The pattern includes a row of alphabets, numerals, abstract and geometric flowers and a verse which reads 'Jesus, permit thy gracious name to stand/ As the first efforts of an infant's hand, / And, while her fingers on the canvas move/Engage her tender thoughts to seek thy love, / With thy dear children let her have a part, / And write thy name thyself, upon her heart'. In the flower band above the verse a bible motif is inserted and we equally find a row of paired initials, whilst below it short bands of repeat motifs take up most the bottom half of the sampler which also contains the inscription 'M.A. Tipper/ orphan house/ North Wing/ Ashley Down/ Bristol/ 1868'. Embroidered with red cotton in cross and four-sided cross. All the edges are hemmed. Length 37.5 cm, width 29 cm, 1808. English.

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Embroidery sampler/Marking sampler. Tipper, M. A., Bristol. The pattern includes a row of alphabets, numerals, abstract and geometric flowers and a verse which reads 'Jesus, permit thy gracious name to stand/ As the first efforts of an infant's hand, / And, while her fingers on the canvas move/Engage her tender thoughts to seek thy love, / With thy dear children let her have a part, / And write thy name thyself, upon her heart'. In the flower band above the verse a bible motif is inserted and we equally find a row of paired initials, whilst below it short bands of repeat motifs take up most the bottom half of the sampler which also contains the inscription 'M.A. Tipper/ orphan house/ North Wing/ Ashley Down/ Bristol/ 1868'. Embroidered with red cotton in cross and four-sided cross. All the edges are hemmed. Length 37.5 cm, width 29 cm, 1808. English.

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Accession Number: T.11-1952
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 844 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.06MB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2013:04:26 12:02:05

Key words

19th Century alphabet cotton cross stitch embroidered embroidery English Fitz_AA flowers Georgian hemmed inscribed inscriptions lettering letters M.A. Tipper marking sampler needle needlework needleworking numbers numerals red sampler selvedge sewing sewn silk stitched stitches stitching textile thread

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