Artist: Hardyman, Harriot, maker; Date(s): 1814; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and drawn fabric filling stitches; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, 1938, Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest [T.56-1938]
Description: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and drawn fabric filling stitches. The sampler comprises 14 horizontal bands which include repeat border patterns, an alphabet, numerals, a band of octagons, trees, flower vases, a dog, birds in flight, a band of drawn fabric filling stitch and the inscriptions 'Harriot Hardyman aged 7 years 1814', and 'Lord prosper them that give me this/Crown them with thy heavenly Bliss'.
