English border sampler, by Jane Reeder Cole

An image of Embroidery sampler/Border sampler. Reeder Cole, Jane, Kirtling. A repeating honeysuckle border pattern surrounds the main body of the sampler. Narrow repeating geometric and floral border patterns divide the sampler into horizontal sections and form a panel at the bottom containing the inscription 'Jane Reeder Cole/Kirtling School/1852'. At the top there is an alphabet and numerals 1-14. Beneath is another alphabet and various detached motifs arranged around two inscriptions ' Fear God and keep his commandments for/this is the whole duty of man Eccles. 12Ch' and' favour is deceitful/and beauty is vain/but a woman that/feareth the LORD/she shall be prais'd'. Woollen border embroidered with coloured silk and cotton threads in cross-stitch. A double blue line selvedge runs along the sides; both top and bottom are hemmed. Length 41 cm, width 33.5 cm, 1852. English.

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Embroidery sampler/Border sampler. Reeder Cole, Jane, Kirtling. A repeating honeysuckle border pattern surrounds the main body of the sampler. Narrow repeating geometric and floral border patterns divide the sampler into horizontal sections and form a panel at the bottom containing the inscription 'Jane Reeder Cole/Kirtling School/1852'. At the top there is an alphabet and numerals 1-14. Beneath is another alphabet and various detached motifs arranged around two inscriptions ' Fear God and keep his commandments for/this is the whole duty of man Eccles. 12Ch' and' favour is deceitful/and beauty is vain/but a woman that/feareth the LORD/she shall be prais'd'. Woollen border embroidered with coloured silk and cotton threads in cross-stitch. A double blue line selvedge runs along the sides; both top and bottom are hemmed. Length 41 cm, width 33.5 cm, 1852. English.

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Accession Number: T.7-1943
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: 845 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.03MB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2013:04:26 14:40:14

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19th Century alphabet birds border sampler bordered sampler cross stitch dated dogs embroidered embroidery English Fitz_AA floral flowers hemmed inscribed inscriptions Jane Reeder Cole lettering letters needle needlework needleworking numbers numerals peacock peacock tail polychrome sampler selvedge sewing sewn silk stitched stitches stitching textile thread Victorian wool woollen

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