Embroidery, Sampler

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Embroidery, Sampler

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Description

This embroidery was created by Lydia Woodhead in 1836. This piece could be a form of an embroidery sampler. Samplers are pieces of embroidery or cross-stitching produced as a 'specimen of achievement', demonstration or a test of skill in needlework. Samplers could be made to be treated like a decorative hanging piece. This particular sampler has a border of flowers and leaves. There are a number of different flowers including tulips, sunflowers, carnations, cornflowers, petunias, fuchsias, an...

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Date created

1836

Creator

Woodhead, Lydia

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/3278/objects/1454071

Related subjects

Textiles (not clothes) / 1830s

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