Artist: Tyrrell, A, maker; Date(s): 1793; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Border sampler, wool, embroidered with polychrome silks and chenille threads in cross, satin and Algerian eye stitch with laid and couched work. The sampler is cut to an oval and bound with brown ribbon.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, 1938, Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest [T.43-1938]
Description: Sampler, linen, oval shaped and bound with ribbon, embroidered in polychrome silks and chenille. the sampler features a floral border which encloses floral motifs and wreaths, narrow repeat border patterns, a religious verse and six lines of a poem by Thomson
