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Textile:
ITC 2013.12

late 19th Century

Monochrome cross stitch sampler by Annie Plows in red silk thread. Three edges are hemmed and there is a selvedge running along the right hand side of the sampler. The sampler includes alphabet, num...

Textile:
ITC 2013.43

19th Century

A board with five mounted samples, which include one piece flannel with hems, two samples of knitting, one cuff with gathered detail and one cuff featuring button hole and button. The cuff with gather...

Textile:
ITC 2013.44

19th Century

Five samples and needlework including one knitted sample with seam and a sampler fragment, featuring cross-stitch lettering which is repeated in a completed sampler by the same maker (ITC 2013.12). Th...

Textile:
ITC 2013.45

19th Century

Three samples, including a knitted cuff, a sample of darning with a cross stitch border and one sample featuring four hand-stitched hems and back-stitch tag. These samples have been attributed to Anni...

Textile:
ITC 2013.46

19th Century

Five samples demonstrating various needlework techniques. These include: one example of darning, one of knitting, one seam, one patching and one hand-stitched insert with seam. The patchwork sample fe...