IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110926 accession number: T.1-1982 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch; all four sides are hemmed and the canvas has been mounted on a board by means of tacks. The sampler depicts detached flower, tree, human, bird, animal and inanimate motifs, and inside frames in the centre, a naturalistic floral arrangement and the verse ' the rose have been washed just washed in/ A shower. Which Mary to Anna convey/ed. This plentiful moisture encumbered the/ flower. And weighed down its beautiful head/ The cup was all filled and the/ leaves were /all wet. And it seems to A fanciful view/ to weep for the buds that had left with/ regret. on the flourishing bush were it grew/ Lucy Ann Norman/ March 1 1849'. title: sampler NOTES ----- type: history note value: from the collection of the late L.H. Smyth, M.A., LL.B., Trinity Hall LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by J.R.V. Smyth STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110926 TECHNIQUES ---------- Sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch; all four sides are hemmed and the canvas has been mounted on a board by means of tacks weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering TECHNIQUES ---------- mounting CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1849 - 1849 creation date earliest: 1849 creation date latest: 1849 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Norman, Lucy Ann DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 33 dimension: Width units: cm value: 32.7