Sampler

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Title

Sampler

Content partner

Toitū Otago Settlers Museum

Collection

Toitū Otago Settlers Museum NZMuseums

Description

This sample is another in the Museum's collection with a Scottish origin. It uses the red and green thread colour scheme and, as well as the standard alphabet and (truncated) number sequence, it incorporates the initials of family members (the first being ‘GG’ for George Gunn who was Janet’s father). It also has the crown/coronet spot motifs that girls might need to be able to sew on linen if they went into service in an aristocratic household. Janet Pomona Gunn, more often known as Jessie, w...

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Format

Image

Date created

1829

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/3242/objects/27756

Related subjects

1829 / George Gunn / Janet Pomona Gunn / Peter Proudfoot / Scottish

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