Sampler

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Title

Sampler

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Toitū Otago Settlers Museum

Collection

Toitū Otago Settlers Museum NZMuseums

Description

This sampler demonstrates features characteristic of many Scottish samplers. These include the colour scheme of green and red threads, the flat-topped ‘A’ in the alphabet, and the initials and names of family members as well as that of the sewer. Agnes Elliot was the wife of a notable Dunedin settler, Colonel Nathaniel Y A Wales, a pioneer architect and Dunedin mayor who designed many of the city’s major 19th century buildings. But while much is known of her husband’s life, we have few detail...

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Format

Image

Date created

1848

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/3242/objects/27771

Related subjects

1848 / Agnes Elliot / Nathaniel Wales / Sampler / Scottish

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