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: N8820

: Applied Art

: sampler

: Banded sampler. Coloured silks on coarse linen, selvedge at bottom, sides and top hem-stitched in green. Cross, Algerian eye stitches. Eleven bands of ornament: eight of lettering: AA-ZZ, heart meander, A-Z A-T. In tenth band, motto: 'Love never Dies 12345 // Where Virtue lies 678' Signed and dated in bottom band.

: Martins, Mary

: 1782

: [Citation] Samplers in the City of Bristol Museum & Art Galler. cat.no 24.