Artist: Unidentified; Date(s): 1795; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, 1938, Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest [T.47-1938]
Description: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch. The sampler comprises ten horizontal bands which include alphabets, initials 'WS EES dz', the date '1795', a swan, a peacock, a man, a bird, a child, a mound with rabbits, a church, a goose, vase of flowers and the Temptation of Adam and Eve.
