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Makers / Maker's Age: Rawlins, Elizabeth
Date Made: 1735
Origin: England
School / Teacher:
Stitches: Satin, Cross, Marking cross, Eyelet, Stem, Split, Chain.
Embroidery Thread: Silk
Foundation Cloth: Wool
Dimensions: w x 30 cm h
Owner: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Inscriptions:
Predominant Motif: 4 alphabets: each missing the J and the U. Numbers 1-11. Some initials. Motifs of small trees, hearts, crowns. One cross band with birds and small flowers. Various stitched lines. A densely worked border of a highly stylized flower-head and leaf pattern all four sides. (Note: for a nearly identical sampler see #5201 stitched by Elinor Brown. Both were almost certainly done under the tutelage of the same unknown instructor).
History of Owner: #T.9-1952 Bequest of Lady St John Hope
Published in american samplers by bolton & COE, 1921No