IDENTIFIERS
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id:	225662
accession number:	T.11-2018

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Wednesday 14 November 2018
updated:	Wednesday 18 June 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Linen embroidered with light brown (faded red?) and black (faded) silks.
15cm x 12.5cm
5 3/4&quot; x  5&quot;

A narrow repeat geometric framing border enclosing an upper case &amp; a mixed upper &amp; lower case alphabet, numerals 1-16, each band separated by a narrow repeat geometric pattern band. The final band is inscribed: To err is human to for/give divine-SW/1830. 

The quotation is from Alexander Pope&#039;s (1688-1744)&quot; Essay on Criticism&quot; of 1711.

Bought at Watlington 1997. It came with a piece of paper suggesting SW stood for Sarah Willis.
title:	sampler

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Butcher Collection

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225662





CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 13.8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 11.4