Artist: Jefferis, Jane, maker; Date(s): 1799; Classification(s): embroidery, sampler, weaving, Woollen sampler embroidered with silk and wool thread in cross-stitch. There is a double blue line selvedge at the to and bottom; the sides are hemmed. A repeating border pattern surrounds the sampler.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Longman, H.A. Mrs, 1938, Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest [T.49-1938]
Description: Sampler, wool, embroidered with silk and wool thread in cross-stitch. A repeating border pattern surrounds the sampler, which features two kneeling figures placed either side of an arch, a version of the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer and an inscription.