sampler
Summary
: NX1125
: Applied Art
: sampler
: Map sampler. Quaker-type sampler. Coloured wools and black/brown silk on glazed linen over coarser linen; the stitching worked through both layers. Laid-&-couched, straight, satin stitches. Map of England & Wales; parts of Scotland, Ireland and France shown; the counties outlined and named; many towns named; compass off Pembroke; legend in top right corner within oval surround: 'A Map of // ENGLAND & WALES // worked by // HANNAH BURGE // at Milverton School // 1806'.
Current Location
: Burge, Hannah: Milverton, Somerset, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) / England, Northern Europe, Europe
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: 1806
: [Citation] Quaker School Girl Samplers from Ackworth. p.159 (illus).: [Citation] Samplers in the City of Bristol Museum & Art Galler. cat.no 46.