Sampler

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Title

Sampler

Content partner

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This sampler is typical of a young girl's needlework from this period. Through the making of a sampler, girls learnt their stitching, but also learnt their letters and numbers. This sampler was stitched by 12-year old Gwen Morrison of Dunedin. Gwen died in January 1920 from influenza when she was 20 years old. Her death came only a year after the terrible influenza pandemic that struck New Zealand between October and December 1918, killing thousands.

Format

Image

Date created

1911

Creator

Gwendoline Morrison

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1254812

Related subjects

Embroidery / cotton / wool / samplers / textiles / Influenza / World War, 1914-1918 / New Zealand / Gwendoline Morrison

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