IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110927 accession number: T.2-1982 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch. A strawberry borders frames the main body of the sampler which comprises a bird on a bough, a basket of fruit, detached roses, strawberries, plants and the inscription 'Jesus permit thy gracious name to .tand/ as the first effort of Sophia's hand/ and while her fingers o'er the sampler move/Engage her tender mind to seek thy love/ with thy dear children may she bear a part/ and write thy name thy-self upon her heart/ Sophia Perkins aged 10 years 1850'. 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/110927 TECHNIQUES ---------- Sampler, canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross-stitch weaving TECHNIQUES ---------- embroidering CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ creation date: 1850 - 1850 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1850 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Perkins, Sophia DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 31.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 31.6