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Maker: Jefferis, Jane
Sampler, wool, embroidered with silk and wool thread in cross-stitch. A repeating border pattern surrounds the sampler, which features two kneeling figures placed either side of an arch, a version of the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer and an inscription.
Woollen sampler embroidered with silk and wool thread in cross-stitch. There is a double blue line selvedge at the to and bottom; the sides are hemmed. A repeating border pattern surrounds the sampler. At the top there are two kneeling figures placed either side of an arch with flowering rose sprays. Beneath this is a version of the Ten Commandments: 'THE/Ten Commandments/From Sinai thus the Lord to Israel Spoke/Twas I that freed thy neck from Egypts yoke/ Have ye no other Gods but only me Before no helples/Idol Bow thy Knee. Thou shalt not take Gods holy name/In vain. nor thou not thine the Sabbath day Prophane/Honour thy parents that thou long mayst Live. Thou/Shalt not kill nor take the Life I give Pollute thy soul/ With no Adulterous one Stain. thou shalt not steal For/Curst is the Lawless Gain. With Candour judge false/Witness bear gainst none. Nor envying covet what is/Not thine own'. This inscription is followed by the Lord's Prayer and another inscription which reads 'This Sampler Done by me Iane Iefferis In The Year/Of Our LORD. 1799 February Aged 9 Years and/2 months'. On either side of the final line there are hearts and lozenges motifs.
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 34.5 cm
Length: 13.3/8 in
Width: 19 cm
Width: 7.3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1799
: George III
ground and thread
Wool
polychrome thread
Silk
Weaving
: Woollen sampler embroidered with silk and wool thread in cross-stitch. There is a double blue line selvedge at the to and bottom; the sides are hemmed. A repeating border pattern surrounds the sampler.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.49-1938
Primary reference Number: 110780
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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