Embroidery
Native Orphan Bania Refuge
Category
Textiles
Date
1839
Materials
Cotton, Gilt, Glass, Linen, Wood
Measurements
140 mm (H)165 mm (D)
Place of origin
Calcutta
Order this imageCollection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1651697
Summary
Sampler. Framed and glazed. Coloured cottons on fine linen. Tiny cross stitch roses, green panel, texts. 1839. Calcutta.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
handsewn ; on sampler ; When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee ; in central green panel ; Biblical text
Makers and roles
Native Orphan Bania Refuge Thomas Beatty (fl.1839)