Embroidery sample.

Collection type: Object
Description: Embroidery sample.
Long description: Embroidery sample with floral design in the shape of a diamond. Originally found inside rectangular basket with purple decoration [.1], together with a bundle of embroidery patterns on paper and card [.2] and a bundle of thread [.3].
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Pastorella Cecilia Martha Shelley
Date / Period: Date made: 1800-1900
Date collected: By 1949
Acquisition information: Donated: 1949
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 45 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1949.10.46.4
Research and responses: In the 1901 census she is listed as being aged 15, born in Crediton Devon and living in Hastings [presumably Sussex] ‘on own means’ [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 23/02/2007]

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