1592996901000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-110909 1752776295477 1752747453000 1752776121157 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110909 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110909 377e6409-8d4f-3bb9-a3a7-c16b9e809d36 6 reference term-29556 adlib-term-29556 e008f69f-8abd-316d-9406-e2cee4f33748 embroidery Applied Arts Sampler, woollen, embroidered with silks in cross-stitch. The sampler is divided into three sections and features repeating border patterns, alphabets, detached motifs, a verse and an inscription with the makers name and date of completion. Woollen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. The sides have a double blue line selvedge, the top is hemmed and the bottom has been left raw. A narrow repeating border pattern goes around the whole sampler. Three narrow repeating border patterns divide the sampler into four sections. The top three contain three alphabets and additional border patterns. The larger lower section has a balanced arrangement of detached birds, flowerpots, sprays, trees and baskets placed on either side of a verse, two flowerpots, two sprays and an inscribed panel. The verse reads ' Life is happy hear the birds/ Early as the morning breaks/Every sweet toned throat of silver/ Into songs of gladness breaks' and the inscription reads ' Alice Ruddock/Aged 13 Years' with the date '1736' on either side of it. reference exhibition-1860 adlib-exhibition-1860 984b42c3-c2fa-3b12-a7a2-9e892be3ea6c English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam T.10-1952 1 accession number T.10-1952 110909 priref 110909 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110909 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110909 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Lady St John Hope Bequest reference agent-169506 adlib-agent-169506 10cc5042-9cde-314a-b96d-eabbc3c34790 Hope, St John, Lady 1952 1952 1952-10-23 bequeathed Entry date: 1952-10-23 1736 CE 1736 George II 1736 maker reference agent-169540 adlib-agent-169540 4d3feed1-c75c-3fb5-a5ba-630a4b9fc666 Ruddock, Alice reference term-106400 adlib-term-106400 3e80c102-1483-3c39-b2f4-67e333d653d8 18th Century reference term-107139 adlib-term-107139 9fd5ef13-3709-388f-b925-702787340e32 literal England England country England polychrome reference term-118722 adlib-term-118722 4f4800f9-d84e-3f97-a3d0-d00e18216dea silk reference term-113875 adlib-term-113875 6ed4a873-49e7-3acb-9e34-77abb871b9fc wool Length cm 42.75 Width cm 33.25 reference term-117142 adlib-term-117142 0ef46508-81d3-3662-8361-18349e913d25 sampler reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. No. 55 22 reference publication-4748 adlib-publication-4748 efe53dae-7c91-33e6-a260-c48bf150e5ec English Samplers at the Fitzwilliam verse 299 reference publication-5006 adlib-publication-5006 e07188bd-6307-3278-a308-586baae572cc The Oxford Book of Local Verses, Chosen by John Holloway

reference term-117142 adlib-term-117142 0ef46508-81d3-3662-8361-18349e913d25 sampler

sampler Woollen sampler embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. The sides have a double blue line selvedge, the top is hemmed and the bottom has been left raw reference term-27589 adlib-term-27589 4cf177c4-52c5-3a11-9923-2d3d6ede7ccb weaving cross-stitch reference term-29899 adlib-term-29899 e75b51cd-480d-3a81-939a-df4ef1674416 embroidering object OBJECT