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Maker: Northey, Joanna
Sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch. A sprig border frames the main body of the sampler which comprises an inscription and a symmetrical arrangement of detached motifs.
Sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch. A sprig border frames the main body of the sampler which comprises an inscription and a symmetrical arrangement of 18 detached motifs including flower baskets, birds, bushes, carnations in two handled pots, flower sprays, sprigs, a dog and a stag. The inscription reads ' Charity/Did sweeter sounds adorn my howing tongue/ than ever man pronounced or Angels ng/Had I all knowledge human and divine/That thought can reach or science can desine/Yet graciuos Charity indulgent guest/ Were not thy power exerted in my breast/ a tymbals sound were better than my voice/ my faith were form my eloquence were noise/ Charity decent modest easy kind/ Softens the high and rears the abjest mind/ Soft peace she brings whereever she arrives/ she builds quiet as she forms our lives/ Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even/ And opens in each heart a little heaven'.
Spencer George Perceval Bequest
Length: 44.3 cm
Width: 34.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1806
: George III
Weaving
: Sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.12-1923
Primary reference Number: 110863
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110863 Accessed: 2024-12-22 22:34:02
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