1919 : Miss Pluckrose, and a Bequest to the V&A

Source: Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Textiles
Title:  Catalogue of Samplers. With Illustrations, 1922, London, 18
Date: 1919
Place: London

Catalogue No 36. Loosely-woven cotton, embroidered with coloured silks, partly in darning stitches. It bears the name “M. Sharman” and the date “July 26th 1796.” In the middle or stems of flowers (lilies, rosebuds, etc.), tied by a ribbon, with the name and date above and below. The surrounding space is filled with twelve crosses worked in various diaper patterns (lozenges, straight and zig-zag stripes). There is a border of a wavy stem with sprigs bearing berries attached. Similar work is on the English or Dutch sampler, dated 1799. No. 37. 14¾ in. square.
Bequeathed by the late Miss Pluckrose in 1919.

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