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: Na30

: Applied Art

: sampler

: Needlepoint sampler. Linen thread and braid over black waxed paper over linen, the edges bound with pink silk ribbon. Buttonhole stitch. Tape stitched down to form nine rows each of eight squares; three squares completely filled, one almost filled and twenty-three partially filled with needlepoint fillings; needle still inserted in one square. Unfinished.

: 1870-1900

: [Citation] Samplers in the City of Bristol Museum & Art Galler. cat.no 162.

: Given by Mrs Penn, 1980.