IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110780 accession number: T.49-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 7 May 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. object type: 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. title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110780 TECHNIQUES ---------- 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. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1799 - 1799 creation date earliest: 1799 creation date latest: 1799 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Jefferis, Jane DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 34.5 dimension: Length units: in value: 13.3/8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 19 dimension: Width units: in value: 7.3/4 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam CITATIONS -------- English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_49_1938_20Front.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 495 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_49_1938_20Front.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 495 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_49_1938_20Front.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 495 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/preview_T_49_1938_20Front.jpg height: 384 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_49_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 494 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_49_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 494 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/T_49_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 494 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa22/preview_T_49_1938_20Reverse.jpg height: 385 pixels width: 250 pixels