Maker: Haines, Esther
Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychromes silks in cross-stitch. A carnation border frames the main body of the sampler which comprises the Temptation of Adam and Eve, windmills, flowering trees, birds, angles, the Spies of Canaan, flowers, a house, a ship, a man, a boy, a dog, the sun, moon and stars, a house and garden and the inscription 'Esther Haines aged 11 years 1822'.
Given by The Friends of The Fitzwilliam Museum
Length: 50.8 cm
Length: 20 in
Width: 49.5 cm
Width: 19.1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1940-11-08) by Clarke, Grace F., Miss
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1822
: George IV
Weaving
: Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychromes silks in cross-stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.21-1940
Primary reference Number: 110886
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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