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sampler, embroidered

human history
  • Other Name

    sampler worked by Ann Hunn, Wrangle School (England), 1835 (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Framed sampler worked by Ann Hunn, Wrangle School (England), 1835

    Worked on fine linen, with pavilion, borders, motifs, verses, signed, dated and placed.

  • Place
    Wrangle/Lincolnshire/England
  • Associated Place

    England

  • Accession Number
    1959.53.14
  • Other Id

    col.0680 (colonial)

    T1050 (textile)

    35606 (ethnology)

    col.0559 (colonial)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

sampler front

Images and documents

Images

  • sampler front
  • sampler front upper left
  • sampler front upper centre
  • sampler front upper right
  • sampler front centre left
  • sampler front centre
  • sampler front centre right
  • sampler front lower left
  • sampler front lower centre
  • sampler front lower right
  • sampler front signature

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    gift of Mr B Smithson, 1959, collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1959.53.14, 35606, col.0680, T1050
  • Primary Maker

     Ann Hunn (Embroiderer)

  • Place
    Wrangle/Lincolnshire/England
  • Date
    1835
  • Associated Notes

    sampler made by Ann Hunn, Wingle School, 1835; linen embroidered; fine embroidery of pavilion, borders, motifs, verse beginning "Permit thy gracious name...". `Signed' and dated; framed.

  • Associated Person

     Ann Hunn (Embroiderer)

  • Associated Place

    England

  • Associated Date
    1835
  • Technique

    cross stitch

    embroidery

    needlework

    embroidery

    needlework

  • Period

    George IV (1820 - 1830)/House of Brunswick, Hanover Line/English reign

  • Signature/marks

    "JESUS / Permit thy gracious/Name to stand,/ As the first effort of/ My youthful hand, and/ While my fingers on/ The canvass (sic) move,/ Engage my heart to/ Seek thy love./ And O! When I have safely past/ Though (sic) every conflict but the last,/ Still, still unchanging, watch beside/ My bed of death, for thou hast died,/ Then point to relms (sic) of endless day,/ And wipe the latest tear away/" (verse)

    "RELIGION/ It is religion that must give,/ Sweetest pleasure while we live,/It is religion must supply/ Solid comfort when we/die" (verse)

    "Yesterday is past, tomorrow/ Is none of thine,/ Today thy life to virtuous/ acts incline" (verse)

    "Remember thy creator in the days of thy youth" (verse)

    Ann Hunn/ Marked this at/ (Wingle) School/ 1835 (signature)

  • Media

    linen (material)

    cotton thread/thread

    silk thread/thread

  • Measurement Description
    height x width 15.5" x 11.5" (stitched area)
  • Measurement Reading

    395mm (inner measurement)

    295mm (inner measurement)

    450mm (outer measurement)

    350mm (outer measurement)

  • Subject Category

    needlework/crafts

    schools/education

  • Classification

    Sampler

    Embroidery

    Needlework

    Art

    08 Communication Artifacts

  • Media/Materials Notes

    45 threads per inch across/ 50 threads per inch down/ 18 threads per cm across/ 20 threads per cm down

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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