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Sampler: T.12-1923

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Northey, Joanna

Entities

  • Sampler
  • Category: border sampler
  • Category: band sampler

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Description

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'.

Legal notes

Spencer George Perceval Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 44.3 cm
Width: 34.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1806 : George III

Materials used in production

polychrome Silk
Wool

Techniques used in production

Weaving : Sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch.
Embroidering

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: T.12-1923
Primary reference Number: 110863
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 20 July 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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