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Sampler Red Stitching
Sampler Red Stitching
Sampler Red Stitching

Sampler Red Stitching

Maker
Date1865
Object NameSampler
Mediumlinen, wool and silk thread
ClassificationsTextiles
DimensionsOverall (Unframed and Unmounted Height x Width): 375 × 440mm
AcquisitionPresented in 1975 by Miss W Gray.
LocationOn Display - Gallery 03
Object numberABDMS006840
About MeThis sampler was sewn by Helen Fowler at Insch School in Aberdeenshire in 1865.

It features upper and lower case alphabets embroidered in seven different fonts and numerals from 1-20.

There is a crown embroidered on the centre left which looks like it has been sewn by a different hand using a different wool.
More About Me
The crown left of centre in a different thread was probably added later, possibly by a different hand