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Sampler: T.45-2018

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Maker(s)

Elizabeth Gatford Hazelgrove

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Description

Wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross stitch.
33cm x 37cm
13" x 14 5/8"

Wool, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross stitch.

Floral repeat framing border enclosing three separate sections. The top with a central tree flanked byflower pots, deer, flower baskets. The central section has depiction of the Temptation of Adam & Eve flanked by various traditional detached motifs The lower section contains the inscription workedabove a crown, lion, leopard, flower branches & pots.
The verse is "Virtue's the Chiefest beauty of the Mind.....", beneath it "Elizabeth Gatford Hazelgrove finished this sampler/November 13 18??/ Aged ?? Years"

Elizabeth was probably the daughter of John Haazelgrove (born Cuckfield 1797),. named as a nariner in the 1841 census, and she probably married Thomas Harding (born c.1820) 24 th September 1848, a farm baillif in the 1871 census.

Measurements and weight

Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 36.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2018-01-29) by Butcher, Mr & Mrs

Dating

1800 - 1900

Identification numbers

Accession number: T.45-2018
Primary reference Number: 225714
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 21 November 2018 Updated: Monday 16 December 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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