IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 225661 accession number: T.10-2018 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 14 November 2018 updated: Friday 9 May 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Woollen tammy enbroidered with black silkin cross and eyelet stitch. Damaged edges and holes. 32.5cm x 41cm 12 3/4" x 16 1/4" Repeat flower bud framing border, accurately resolved corners,enclosing four upper case alphabets ( different lettering styles), numerals 1-14 and a lower case alphabet, each band separated by a narrow repeat pattern band. There is also a verse: More than conqurors through the Lamb/They his victories proclaim/Cast their crowns before the throne/Savd by rich free grace alone. The two final bands are inscribed "Mary Ann Winsborrow's Work" , "In the 8th Year of her Age-1835" A girl of that name was born in Newton Abbott, Devon on the 9th August 1828, baptised St. Nicholas, Sheldon, 5 miles from Newton Abbott. Her father was a shoe maker. She married Frederick Thomas Wills of Sheldon (b.1823) in October 1849 and died in 1869 Bought Edlington Jan. 1999 title: sampler LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Butcher Collection STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225661 CATEGORIES ------ category: embroidery DATING ------ CREATORS -------- maker: Mary Ann Winsborrow DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 31 dimension: Width units: cm value: 40.5