IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110889 accession number: T.6-1943 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 27 March 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Woollen border sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. There is a double blue line selvedge on both sides, the top is hemmed and the bottom was hemmed but is damaged. A repeating floral border pattern surrounds the main body of the sampler. Horizontal sections are made by two geometric and three floral repeating border patterns. The top section contains two alphabets with each letter worked twice and numerals 1-10 and 1-20. A verse flanked by flowerpots reads 'Great God in mercy condescends/thro life to be my Guardian friend/And When my spirit leaves its clay/ to raise it to eternal day'. The rest of the sampler is filled by a balanced arrangement of detached trees, flowering trees, fruit baskets, dogs, birds, and crowns around a centrally placed flowerpot. At the bottom an acorn border pattern encloses the inscription 'Mary Reader/Aged 12 Years 1826'. object type: Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. A repeating floral border pattern surrounds the main body of the sampler, which includes two alphabets, two sets of numerals, detached motifs, a verse 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: Given by Miss Sarah Cole STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110889 TECHNIQUES ---------- Woollen border sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross and satin stitch. There is a double blue line selvedge on both sides, the top is hemmed and the bottom was hemmed but is damaged. weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1826 - 1826 creation date earliest: 1826 creation date latest: 1826 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Reader, Mary DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 39.75 dimension: Length units: in value: 15.1/4 dimension: Width units: cm value: 33.5 dimension: Width units: in value: 12.3/4 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/aa40/t_6_1943_1_201306_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 870 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/mid_t_6_1943_1_201306_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 589 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/t_6_1943_1_201306_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 870 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/preview_t_6_1943_1_201306_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 294 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/t_6_1943_2_201306_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 870 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/mid_t_6_1943_2_201306_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 589 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/t_6_1943_2_201306_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 870 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/preview_t_6_1943_2_201306_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 294 pixels width: 250 pixels