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Sampler by Eleanor M.S.

Findspot: 
Caxton, Cambridgeshire
Period: 
Date: 
c. 1850
Material: 
Textile
Dimensions: 
H. 35cm; W. 25cm

This sampler was made by Eleanor M.S. when she was around 10 years old. She used thread coloured with artificial dyes, a new product not available to her mother and grandmother. She used birds and trees to decorate the bottom of her sampler, common motifs used at this time.

Collection information

Collection: 
Museum of Cambridge
Accession No: 
CAMFK:100.51

Exhibition details

Catalogue number: 
74

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