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Sampler by Eleanor M.S.
Findspot:
Caxton, Cambridgeshire
Period:
Date:
c. 1850
Material:
Textile
Dimensions:
H. 35cm; W. 25cm
This sampler was made by Eleanor M.S. when she was around 10 years old. She used thread coloured with artificial dyes, a new product not available to her mother and grandmother. She used birds and trees to decorate the bottom of her sampler, common motifs used at this time.
Collection information
Collection:
Museum of Cambridge
Accession No:
CAMFK:100.51
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