Sampler
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Netley Abbey
Medium
Embroidered tammy cloth (cotton, wool tabby) worked with silk thread in cross stitch. Trimmed with silk ribbon.
Geography
England
Date
1830
Dimensions
5.5 x 5 cm
Object number
943.29.7
Credit Line
Gift from the Estate of Miss Mary E. Ellis
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Global Fashion & Textiles
Description
Embroidery sampler, back with paper card. Worked in fine cross stitch in dark red worsted on tammy cloth with an alphabet and numerals. Inscribed "Netley Abbey 1830". Hemmed on four sides; pink bows at four corners; backed with card.
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