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Maker: Sharp, Mary
Cotton friendship sampler embroidered in polychrome silks in cross-stitch. Three edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge on the right side. An inscription is framed by a blue and yellow bud-border and inside it a large flower basket flanked on either side by a large stylised flower sits above the verse which reads ' this gift my friend/To the I. send/In hope to be approved/ I have done my best/ i protest/ For one so well beloved/ Mary Sharp to Mary/ Limmer June 25 1790'.
Glaisher Bequest
Length: 19 cm
Length: 7.1/2 in
Width: 15.25 cm
Width: 5.5/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
Production date:
AD 1790
blue, yellow, green, pink
Silk
Cotton
Weaving
: Cotton friendship sampler embroidered in polychrome silks in cross-stitch. Three edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge on the right side.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.165-1928
Primary reference Number: 110711
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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