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Sampler
Worked by: Elizabeth Labdon (British, born in 1824)
British
1834
Object Place: Great Britian
Medium/Technique
Wool plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
42.5 x 32.5 cm (16 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Kate Wilson
Accession Number35.729
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThe ground is thin cream colored woolen cloth with two blue lines in selvedges on each side. The design is worked in cross-stitch in colored silk, house with animals and pond in upper part, below the following verse: "Have not Eve and Adam taught us. Their sad Profit to compute. To what dismal State they brought us. When they stole forbidden Fruit." Under this an apple tree, Adam and Eve and the serpent. At the bottom: "1834 Elizabeth Labdon, aged 10 years." The whole framed with floral border. Stitches: cross, double running, satin, and tent. A few holes, and stains.
ProvenanceGift of Miss Kate Wilson to MFA, 1935