Maker: Mayle, Mary Lee
Sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, stem, chain, eyelet and running stitch. A rosebud and leaf border frames the main body of the sampler which comprises the inscription 'O Lord enable me to know/ still more and more of thee/ and daily as I older grow/May christ my patron be' with symmetrically placed flower and bird motifs placed on either side of a large flower with three buds and a flower basket. Near the bottom runs an embroidered green line of grass with a bird and 3 trees each side of a central, running deer. Beneath this sits the inscription 'Mary Lee Mayle Aged 9 1842'.
Given by Miss J.D.W. Eames
Length: 41.2 cm
Length: 16.1/8 in
Width: 32.6 cm
Width: 12.7/8 in
Method of acquisition: Given (2000-03-06) by Eames, J. D. W., Miss
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1842
: Queen victoria
Weaving
: Sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, satin, stem, chain, eyelet and running stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.2-2000
Primary reference Number: 110941
Entry form: 126
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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