Object number
72/3
Exhibition
Description
An oblong sampler worked mainly in cross stitch in blues, blacks, green and browns. It is inscribed "The loss of time is much 1818, the los of truth is more, the loss of Christ is such 12, that no man can restore 12, Hannah Merry Her Work Aged 11 Years Finished September 7th 1818". Hannah Merry, who worked this in Warwickshire, is an ancestor of the donor's husband, on the maternal side.
Physical description
needlework sampler
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Sampler // Domestic Furnishing pictures // gift Doris Mary, Lady Stenton, Whitley Park Farm, Reading via E. H. Carpenter // Description: An oblong sampler worked mainly in cross stitch in blues, blacks, green and browns. It has letters of the alphabet, small motifs a verse, name and date. Dimensions: Stained wood fame with gold trim 24cmx 35cm // Associated information: Inscription- ‘ The loss of time is much 1818, the los of truth is more, the loss of Christ is such 12, that no man can restore 12, Hannah Merry Her Work Aged 11 Years Finished September 7th 1818’ Hannah Merry was an ancestor of the donor’s husband on the maternal side. The sampler was worked in Warwickshire [on reverse of sampler]’
Production place
Warwickshire
Production date
1818 - 1818
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_10882.tif - High resolution image
